Automated ultrasound of the breast for diagnosis: Interobserver agreement on lesion detection and characterization

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 747-754

  Shin, Hee Jung ^a   Kim, Hak Hee ^a   Cha, Joo Hee ^a   Park, Ju Hyun ^a   Lee, Kyoung Eun ^a   Kim, Jeoung Hyun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automated ultrasound; Breast; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED ULTRASOUD; BREAST CYST; BREAST LESION; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HANDHELD ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 80052248587     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5841     Document Type: Article

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