The impact of lesion vascularisation on tumours detection by electrical impedance scanning at 200 Hz

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Malich, Ansgar ^a   Scholz, B ^b   Kott, A ^a   Facius, M ^c   Fischer, D R ^d   Freesmeyer, M G ^e  

^a Suedharz Hospital   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopsy proven; Breast cancer; Diagnostic modality; Electrical bio impedance; Measurement in vivo

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE SCANNING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 57149110846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.3.4.e33     Document Type: Article

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