Role and clinical usefulness of elastography in small breast masses

Academic Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-80

  Lee, Ji Hye ^a   Kim, Sung Hun ^a   Kang, Bong Joo ^a   Choi, Jae Jeong ^a   Jeong, Seung Hee ^a   Yim, Hyeon Woo ^a   Song, Byung Joo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast mass; Elastography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649906290     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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