Breast elastography: The technical process and its applications

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 503-513

  Balleyguier, C ^a,b   Ciolovan, L ^a   Ammari, S ^a   Canale, S ^a   Sethom, S ^a   Al Rouhbane, R ^a   Vielh, P ^a   Dromain, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Characterization; Elastography; Shear Wave elastography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; B SCAN; BREAST ADENOMA; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CYST; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST ELASTOGRAPHY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLLOID CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FIBROADENOMA; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FREE HAND ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84892603584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22115684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2013.02.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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