The automated breast volume scanner (ABVS): Initial experiences in lesion detection compared with conventional handheld b-mode ultrasound: A pilot study of 50 cases

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 337-346

  Wojcinski, Sebastian ^a   Farrokh, Andre ^a   Hille, Ursula ^b   Wiskirchen, Jakub ^a   Gyapong, Samuel ^a   Soliman, Amr A ^a,c   Degenhardt, Friedrich ^a   Hillemanns, Peter ^b  

^a FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ABVS; Automated breast ultrasound; Automated breast volume scanner; Breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED BREAST VOLUME SCANNER; B SCAN; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PILOT STUDY;

EID: 84055207467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s23918     Document Type: Article

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