Sonographic elastography combined with conventional sonography: How much is it helpful for diagnostic performance?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-420

  Sohn, Yu Mee ^a   Kim, Min Jung ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Moon, Hee Jung ^a   Kim, Soo Jin ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast sonography; Sonographic elastography; Sonographic factors of breast lesions

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BREAST LESION; BREAST SONOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; INTERPRETATION CRITERIA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE STANDARD;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 65949099520     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.4.413     Document Type: Article

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