Contribution of sonoelastography to the characterization of breast lesions

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 187-194

  Vanhoutte, A ^a   Fellah, L ^a   Galant, C ^a   d'Hoore, W ^a   Berliere M ^a   Leconte, I ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B SCAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 56749096485     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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