Shear-wave Elastography Improves the Specificity of Breast US: The BE1 Multinational Study of 939 Masses

A. Berg, Wendie; O. Cosgrove, David; J Doré, Caroline; Schäfer, F.; E. Svensson, W.; J. Hooley, Regina; Ohlinger, Ralf; B. Mendelson, Ellen; Balu–Maestro, C.; Locatelli, Martina; Tourasse, Christophe; Cavanaugh, B.; Juhan, V.; Thomas Stavros, A.; Tardivon, A.; Gay, J; Henry, Jean-Pierre; Cohen‐Bacrie, Claude; the BE1 Investigators, For

doi:10.1148/radiol.11110640

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Shear-wave Elastography Improves the Specificity of Breast US: The BE1 Multinational Study of 939 Masses

Published in Radiology • Jan 26, 2012

Authors:

Wendie A. Berg

David O. Cosgrove

Caroline J Doré

Abstract

PURPOSE: To determine whether adding shear-wave (SW) elastographic features could improve accuracy of ultrasonographic (US) assessment of breast masses. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From September 2008 to September 2010, 958 women consented to repeat standard breast US supplemented by quantitative SW elas...

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Medicine

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Elastography

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