Real-time tissue elastography for testicular lesion assessment

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 721-730

  Goddi, Alfredo ^a   Sacchi, Andrea ^a   Magistretti, Giovanni ^a   Almolla, Joan ^b   Salvadore, Maurizio ^c  

^a SME Diagnostica per Immagini Medical Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c University Hospital and Fondazione Macchi ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastography; Scrotum; Sonoelastography; Testis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTIS INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84861457633     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2312-2     Document Type: Article

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