Significant Differentiation of Focal Breast Lesions. Calculation of Strain Ratio in Breast Sonoelastography

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 558-563

  Thomas, Anke ^a   Degenhardt, Friedrich ^b   Farrokh, André ^b   Wojcinski, Sebastian ^b   Slowinski, Torsten ^a   Fischer, Thomas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

breast lesion; Elastography; strain ratio; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950369624     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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