Breast Lesions: Evaluation with US Strain Imaging–Clinical Experience of Multiple Observers1

DM Regner, GK Hesley, NJ Hangiandreou, MJ Morton… - Radiology, 2006 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To prospectively determine the accuracy of using an ultrasonographic (US) strain
imaging technique known as lesion size comparison to differentiate benign from malignant …

Differentiating Benign from Malignant Solid Breast Masses with US Strain Imaging1

ES Burnside, TJ Hall, AM Sommer, GK Hesley… - Radiology, 2007 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To prospectively evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonographic (US)
strain imaging for distinguishing between benign and malignant solid breast masses, with …

Evaluation of breast lesions using sonographic elasticity imaging: a multicenter trial

RG Barr, S Destounis, LB Lackey… - Journal of ultrasound …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of real‐
time compression elasticity imaging in characterizing breast lesions as benign or malignant …

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 …

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 …

Solid Breast Masses: Classification with Computer-aided Analysis of Continuous US Images Obtained with Probe Compression1

WK Moon, RF Chang, CJ Chen, DR Chen, WL Chen - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate the accuracy of continuous ultrasonographic (US)
images obtained during probe compression and computer-aided analysis for classification …

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 …

Differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions by mechanical imaging

V Egorov, T Kearney, SB Pollak, C Rohatgi… - Breast cancer research …, 2009 - Springer
Mechanical imaging yields tissue elasticity map and provides quantitative characterization of
a detected pathology. The changes in the surface stress patterns as a function of applied …

The utility of the" bull's-eye" artifact on breast elasticity imaging in reducing breast lesion biopsy rate

RG Barr, AE Lackey - Ultrasound quarterly, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The objectives of the study were to evaluate the accuracy of the" bull's-eye" artifact
of elasticity imaging (EI) in determining the benignity of cystic breast lesions and to …

Diagnostic value of strain ratio measurement in the differentiation of malignant and benign breast lesions

A Farrokh, S Wojcinski, F Degenhardt - Ultraschall in der Medizin …, 2010 - europepmc.org
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the strain ratio measurement of breast
lesions, to calculate the diagnostic value and to provide practically oriented …