Qualitative and semiquantitative evaluations of solid breast lesions by sonoelastography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-186

  Yerli, Hasan ^a   Yilmaz, Tugbahan ^a   Kaskati, Tolga ^b   Gulay, Huseyin ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast lesions; Breast sonography; Evaluation; Indices; Qualitative research; Sonoelastography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BREAST LESION; BREAST SONOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; INDICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SONOELASTOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 79251482761     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.2.179     Document Type: Article

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