Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the characterisation of breast masses: Utility of quantitative analysis in comparison with MRI

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1384-1395

  Caproni, Natalia ^a   Marchisio, Francesca ^b   Pecchi, Annarita ^a   Canossi, Barbara ^a   Battista, Rachele ^a   D'Alimonte, Piero ^a   Torricelli, Pietro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Nuovo Ospedale Civile di Sassuolo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast tumours; Contrast media; MRI; Quantitative analysis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD VOLUME; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STUDENT T TEST; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 77952092086     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1690-1     Document Type: Article

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