Real-Time Ultrasound Elastography: Its Potential Role in Assessment of Breast Lesions

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1232-1238

  Zhu, Qing Li ^a   Jiang, Yu Xin ^a   Liu, Ji Bin ^b   Liu, He ^d   Sun, Qiang ^a   Dai, Qing ^a   Chen, Xiao ^c  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hitachi Elevator (China) Co Ltd   (China)

^d NONE

Author keywords

BI RADS; Breast neoplasm; Breast ultrasound; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

BI RADS (FOURTH EDITION); BREAST LESIONS; GOLD STANDARDS; HITACHI (CO); MALIGNANT LESIONS; SURGICAL PATHOLOGY; TIME USE; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47549104506     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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