Sonographic breast elastography: A primer

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 773-783

  Barr, Richard G ^a  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast lesions; Characterization of breast lesions; Elastography; Shear wave imaging; Strain elastography

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BREAST LESION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICAL USE; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE IMAGING; SONOGRAPHIC;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTIFACT; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PALPATION; REVIEW;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; PALPATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84864209604     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.5.773     Document Type: Article

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