Combination of elastography and tissue quantification using the acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) technology for differential diagnosis of breast masses

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 659-670

  Tozaki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Isobe, Sachiko ^a   Sakamoto, Masaaki ^a  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse; Breast neoplasm; Shear wave; Tissue quantification; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84869128629     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-012-0106-3     Document Type: Article

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