Strain elastography for prediction of breast cancer tumor grades

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-134

  Grajo, Joseph R ^a   Barr, Richard G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Radiology Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast cancer; Breast ultrasound; Elastography; Strain; Tumor grade

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ELASTICITY; ONCOLOGY; STRAIN; TUMORS;

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ULTRASOUND; ELASTOGRAPHY; TUMOR GRADES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN; TUMOR GRADE; VERY ELDERLY;

BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ULTRASOUND; ELASTOGRAPHY; STRAIN; TUMOR GRADE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84892424302     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.1.129     Document Type: Article

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