Feasibility study of contrast-enhanced automated acoustic mammography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 825-833

  Gaitini, Diana ^a,b   Rothstein, Tamara ^a   Gallimidi, Zahava ^b   Azhari, Haim ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Breast; Contrast enhanced sonography; Speed of sound; Through transmission; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ATTENUATION; BREAST; CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHIES; THROUGH TRANSMISSION; TIME OF FLIGHT;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUTREN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84878049113     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.5.825     Document Type: Article

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