Tissue harmonic imaging, frequency compound imaging, and conventional imaging: Use and benefit in breast sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1041-1051

  Mesurolle, Benoît ^a,b   Helou, Tarek ^a   El Khoury, Mona ^a   Edwardes, Michael ^a   Sutton, Elizabeth J ^a   Kao, Ellen ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Diagnosis; Harmonic study; Sonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; HARMONIC STUDY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34547659917     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.8.1041     Document Type: Review

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