Interobserver variability of ultrasound elastography: How it affects the diagnosis of breast lesions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 730-736

  Yoon, Jung Hyun ^a   Kim, Myung Hyun ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Moon, Hee Jung ^a   Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Min Jung ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BI RADS; Breast; Elastography; Interobserver variability; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 79952256746     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4654     Document Type: Article

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