Real-time ultrasound elasticity of the breast: Initial clinical results

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-66

  Barr, Richard G ^a,b  

^a Radiology Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast imaging; Compression elastography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 77952931876     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3181dc7ce4     Document Type: Article

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