A systematic review of elastography, electrical impedance scanning, and digital infrared thermography for breast cancer screening and diagnosis

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 665-676

  Vreugdenburg, Thomas D ^a   Willis, Cameron D ^b,c   Mundy, Linda ^d   Hiller, Janet E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnostic accuracy; Screening; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMPEDANCE; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BREAST TUMOR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PUBLISHING; THERMOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; THERMOGRAPHY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879398393     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-2393-x     Document Type: Review

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