Discordant elastography images of breast lesions: How various factors lead to discordant findings

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 266-271

  Yoon, J H ^a,b   Kim, M J ^a   Kim, E K ^a   Moon, H J ^a   Choi, J S ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

breast; neoplasms; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAMMARY GLAND; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84878243592     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1312948     Document Type: Article

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