Factors influencing breast elasticity measured by the ultrasound shear wave elastography - Preliminary results

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-133

  Rzymski, Paweł ^a   Skórzewska, Agnieszka ^a   Skibińska Zielińska, Myriam ^a   Opala, Tomasz ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breast elasticity; Breast ultrasound; Elastography; Share wave elastography; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BREAST; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTALGIA; VISCOELASTICITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 79952501986     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2011.20617     Document Type: Article

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