Differentiating between malignant and benign breast masses: Factors limiting sonoelastographic strain ratio

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-136

  Stachs, A ^a   Hartmann, S ^a   Stubert, J ^a   Dieterich, M ^a   Martin, A ^a   Kundt, G ^a   Reimer, T ^a   Gerber, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

breast; elastography; specificity; strain ratio; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876151140     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1313168     Document Type: Article

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