Breast sonography - 2D, 3D, 4D ultrasound or elastography?

Breast Care

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-103

  Weismann, Christian ^a   Mayr, Christian ^a   Egger, Heike ^a   Auer, Alena ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast Diseases; Elastography; Three dimensional imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; B SCAN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; COMPRESSION; DECOMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 79957602316     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327504     Document Type: Review

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