Comparison of strain and shear wave elastography for the differentiation of benign from malignant breast lesions, combined with b-mode ultrasonography: Qualitative and quantitative assessments

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2336-2344

  Youk, Ji Hyun ^a   Son, Eun Ju ^a   Gweon, Hye Mi ^a   Kim, Hana ^a   Park, Yun Joo ^a   Kim, Jeong Ah ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BI RADS; Breast cancer; Breast imaging reporting and data system; Shear wave elastography; Sonoelastography; Strain elastography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BI-RADS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST IMAGING REPORTING AND DATA SYSTEMS; ELASTOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SONOELASTOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; STRAIN ELASTOGRAPHY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84926249247     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.05.020     Document Type: Article

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