A pilot study to evaluate assisted freehand ultrasound elasticity imaging in the sizing of early breast cancer: A comparison of B-mode and AFUSON elasticity ultrasound with histopathology measurements

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1007, 2011, Pages 1011-1019

  English, Ruth ^a   Li, J ^b   Parker, A J C ^a   Roskell, D ^a   Adams, R F ^a   Parulekar, V ^a   Baldwin, J ^a   Chi, Y ^b   Noble, J A ^b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED FREEHAND ULTRASOUND; B SCAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 80054732023     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/13216246     Document Type: Article

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