Elastography for the characterization of breast lesions: Initial clinical experience

Cancer Control

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 156-161

  Kumm, Todd R ^a,b   Szabunio, Margaret M ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954960837     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327481001700303     Document Type: Article

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