Added value of Virtual Touch IQ shear wave elastography in the ultrasound assessment of breast lesions

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 773-777

  Ianculescu, Victor ^a   Ciolovan, Laura Maria ^a   Dunant, Ariane ^b   Vielh, Philippe ^b   Mazouni, Chafika ^b   Delaloge, Suzette ^b   Dromain, Clarisse ^a   Blidaru, Alexandru ^c   Balleyguier, Corinne ^a,d  

^a Departments of Radiology   (France)

^b Department of Statistics ^*  (France)

^c Institutul Oncologic Prof Dr Alexandru Trestioreanu Bucuresti   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

BIRADS 4a; Breast cancer; Elastography; Shear wave; Ultrasound; Virtual Touch IQ

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL DUCTAL HYPERPLASIA; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CYST; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST LESION; BREAST PAPILLOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTOSARCOMA PHYLLOIDES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCAR FORMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR RATE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL TOUCH IQ SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY;

BIRADS 4A; BREAST CANCER; ELASTOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE; ULTRASOUND; VIRTUAL TOUCH IQ;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOUCH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84897394850     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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