Comparison of ultrasound elastography, mammography, and sonography in the diagnosis of solid breast lesions

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 807-815

  Zhi, Hui ^a   Ou, Bing ^a   Luo, Bao Ming ^a   Feng, Xia ^a   Wen, Yan Ling ^a   Yang, Hai Yun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Mammography; Sonography; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BREAST CARCINOMA; FALSE-POSITIVE RATES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY (UE);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34249897745     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.6.807     Document Type: Article

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