Semi-Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Breast Ultrasound Elastography in Differentiating Between Malignant and Benign Lesions

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 568-578

  Alhabshi, Sharifah Majedah Idrus ^a,b   Rahmat, Kartini ^b   Abdul Halim, Nurazidawati ^b   Aziz, Suraya ^a   Radhika, Sridharan ^a   Gan, Gek Choo ^b   Vijayananthan, Anushya ^b   Westerhout, Caroline Judy ^b   Mohd Shah, Mohammad Nazri ^b   Jaszle, Saladina ^a   Harlina Mohd Latar, Nani ^a   Muhammad, Rohaizak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcinoma; Elastography; Imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOLOGY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGIES; BREAST; BREAST IMAGING REPORTING AND DATA SYSTEMS; CARCINOMA; ELASTOGRAPHY; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BENIGN PROLIFERATIVE BREAST DISEASE; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CYST; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST HYPERPLASIA; BREAST LESION; BREAST PAPILLOMA; BREAST SARCOMA; BREAST SCLEROSING ADENOSIS; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COLLOID CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875118567     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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