Breast elastography: A literature review

Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 192-198

  Goddi, A ^a   Bonardi, M ^b   Alessi, S ^c  

^a SME Diagnostic Imaging Medical Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast elastography; Breast lesions; Sonoelastography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST ELASTOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID TUMOR; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84865737986     PISSN: 19713495     EISSN: 18767931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jus.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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