Role and clinical usefulness of elastography in small breast masses

JH Lee, SH Kim, BJ Kang, JJ Choi, SH Jeong… - Academic radiology, 2011 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the
diagnostic performance of elastography, B-mode ultrasound (US), and a combination of …

Breast mass evaluation: factors influencing the quality of US elastography

JM Chang, WK Moon, N Cho, SJ Kim - Radiology, 2011 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate factors influencing the quality of ultrasonographic (US) elastography
in the evaluation of suspicious breast masses. Materials and Methods This prospective study …

A prospective study to compare the diagnostic performance of breast elastography versus conventional breast ultrasound

LCH Leong, LSJ Sim, YS Lee, FC Ng, CM Wan… - Clinical radiology, 2010 - Elsevier
AIM: To compare the diagnostic performance of breast elastography versus conventional
ultrasound in the assessment of breast lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study …

Clinical experience with elasticity imaging in a community‐based breast center

S Destounis, A Arieno, R Morgan… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate compression elasticity imaging in
combination with standard B‐mode imaging for assessment of benign versus malignant …

Significant differentiation of focal breast lesions: raw data-based calculation of strain ratio

T Fischer, U Peisker, S Fiedor… - Ultraschall in der …, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
Ziel: Ob die quantitative Bestimmung der Strain Ratio (SR) mittels Rohdatenanalyse einen
weiteren Vorteil in der Differenzierung dieser Herdläsionen erbringt, sollte im Vergleich zum …

[PDF][PDF] New elastographic classification of breast lesions during and after compression

EFC Fleury, JCV Fleury, S Piato… - Diagnostic and …, 2009 - Citeseer
PURPOSE Proposal for the classification of breast masses through ultrasound elastography
in order to differentiate benign and malignant lesions with histological correlation …

Differentiation of benign from malignant nonpalpable breast masses: a comparison of computer-assisted quantification and visual assessment of lesion stiffness with …

SY Chung, WK Moon, JW Choi, N Cho, M Jang… - Acta …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Elastography has shown potential in differentiating benign from malignant
breast tumors, but interobserver variability between experienced and inexperienced readers …

[HTML][HTML] Differentiating between malignant and benign breast masses: factors limiting sonoelastographic strain ratio

A Stachs, S Hartmann, J Stubert… - Ultraschall in der …, 2013 - thieme-connect.com
Purpose: We compared strain ratio vs. qualitative elastography for the further differentiation
of focal breast lesions, with special focus on limiting factors. Materials and Methods: 215 …

Role of elastography in the assessment of breast lesions: preliminary results

B Navarro, B Úbeda, M Vallespí, C Wolf… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The purposes of this study were to evaluate the diagnostic utility of elastography
in differentiating benign from malignant breast lesions and compare it with conventional …

Breast elastography: a hospital-based preliminary study in China

SS Parajuly, PY Lan, L Yan, YZ Gang… - Asian Pac J Cancer …, 2010 - journal.waocp.org
The performance of ultrasound elastography in the characterization of 170 breast lesions
with histologiccorrelation was evaluated in 150 consecutive patients who were diagnosed …