Evaluation of Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging Quantification, a New Shear Wave Velocity Imaging Method, for Breast Lesion Assessment by Ultrasound

Objectives. To evaluate virtual touch tissue imaging quantification (VTIQ) as a new elastography method concerning its intra- and interexaminer reliability and its ability to differentiate benign from malignant breast lesions in comparison to and in combination with ultrasound (US) B-mode breast ima...

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Main Authors: Michael Golatta, Mirjam Schweitzer-Martin, Aba Harcos, Sarah Schott, Christina Gomez, Anne Stieber, Geraldine Rauch, Christoph Domschke, Joachim Rom, Florian Schütz, Christof Sohn, Jörg Heil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/960262