Comparison of contrast in brightness mode and strain ultrasonography of glial brain tumours

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Selbekk, Tormod ^a,b   Brekken, Reidar ^a,b   Indergaard, Marit ^b   Solheim, Ole ^b,c   Unsgård, Geirmund ^b,c  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain; Brain tumours; Elastogram; Elastography; Image contrast; Neurosurgery; Strain; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861330322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-12-11     Document Type: Article

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