Elastography: Theory into Clinical Practice

Breast Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 564-566

  De Faria Castro Fleury, Eduardo ^a,b   Roveda Jr , Decio ^b   Fleury, Jose Carlos ^a   Queiroz, Maria Do Carmo ^c   Piato, Sebastiao ^a  

^a Alameda Ministro Rocha Azevedo Sao ^*  (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLOR; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TARGET ORGAN; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; SOFTWARE;

EID: 70449659654     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00788.x     Document Type: Letter

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