How to optimize breast ultrasound

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-13

  Athanasiou, Alexandra ^a   Tardivon, Anne ^a   Ollivier, Lilliane ^a   Thibault, Fabienne ^a   El Khoury, Carl ^a   Neuenschwander, Sylvia ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Breast; New techniques; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

3D ULTRASOUNDS; BENIGN LESIONS; BREAST; BREAST CANCERS; BREAST IMAGING; BREAST LESIONS; BREAST ULTRASOUNDS; COMPOUND IMAGING; CYSTIC LESIONS; DETECTION RATES; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DOPPLER; ELASTOGRAPHY; HARMONIC IMAGING; IMAGE CONTRASTS; MAMMOGRAPHIC; NEW TECHNIQUES; PALPABLE BREAST LESIONS; SCREENING TOOLS; SENSITIVITY RANGES; STANDARD METHODS; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST CANCER; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 58149498805     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.07.034     Document Type: Article

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