Shear wave elastography for breast masses is highly reproducible

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1023-1032

  Cosgrove, David O ^a,e   Berg, Wendie A ^b   Doré, Caroline J ^c   Skyba, Danny M ^d   Henry, Jean Pierre ^d   Gay, Joel ^d   Cohen Bacrie, Claude ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d SUPERSONIC IMAGINE   (France)

^e HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BI RADS; Biopsy; Breast diseases; Elasticity imaging; Shear wave elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOBSERVER REPRODUCIBILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861528292     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2340-y     Document Type: Article

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