Stiffness of the surrounding tissue of breast lesions evaluated by ultrasound elastography

European Radiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1659-1667

  Zhou, Jianqiao ^a   Zhan, Weiwei ^a   Dong, Yijie ^a   Yang, Zhifang ^a   Zhou, Chun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast; Elastography; Stiffness; Strain ratio; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST CYST; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BREAST LESION; BREAST PAPILLOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLLOID CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LIPOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; BREAST DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902366858     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3152-7     Document Type: Article

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