Assessing the accuracy and reproducibility of modality independent elastography in a murine model of breast cancer

Journal of Medical Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Weis, Jared A ^a,b   Flint, Katelyn M ^a   Sanchez, Violeta ^c   Yankeelov, Thomas E ^a,b,c,d   Miga, Michael I ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; computational modeling; elastography; magnetic resonance imaging; mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ERROR; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; MODALITY INDEPENDENT ELASTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; MURINE MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 84955164047     PISSN: 23294302     EISSN: 23294310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JMI.2.3.036001     Document Type: Article

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