Normal breast tissue stiffness measured by a new ultrasound technique: Virtual touch tissue imaging quantification (VTIQ)

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Golatta, Michael ^a   Schweitzer Martin, Mirjam ^a   Harcos, Aba ^a   Schott, Sarah ^a   Junkermann, Hans ^a   Rauch, Geraldine ^a   Sohn, Christof ^a   Heil, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast ultrasound; Shear wave elastography; Standard value; Virtual touch tissue imaging quantification (VTIQ)

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL TOUCH TISSUE IMAGING QUANTIFICATION;

BREAST ULTRASOUND; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; STANDARD VALUE; VIRTUAL TOUCH TISSUE IMAGING QUANTIFICATION (VTIQ);

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885176671     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.06.029     Document Type: Article

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