Differentiation of benign from malignant nonpalpable breast masses: A comparison of computer-assisted quantification and visual assessment of lesion stiffness with the use of sonographic elastography

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Chung, Se Yeong ^a   Moon, Woo Kyung ^b   Choi, Ji Won ^b   Cho, Nariya ^b   Jang, Mijung ^c   Kim, Kwang Gi ^d  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast; Elastography; Neoplasms; Sonography

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE ROC CURVE; B-MODE IMAGES; BENIGN LESION; BREAST MASS; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED; CORE BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; ELASTICITY IMAGES; ELASTOGRAPHY; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; MALIGNANT LESION; MALIGNANT MASS; MEAN STRAIN; PEARSON'S CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVE ANALYSIS; SONOGRAPHIC; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRAIN VALUES; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

ELASTICITY; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 75649122927     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903273966     Document Type: Article

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