Analysis of eighty-one cases with breast lesions using automated breast volume scanner and comparison with handheld ultrasound

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 873-878

  Lin, Xi ^a   Wang, Jianwei ^a   Han, Feng ^a   Fu, Jianhua ^a   Li, Anhua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Automated; Breast lesions; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED BREAST VOLUME SCANNER; BREAST LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860008711     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.02.038     Document Type: Article

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