Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 522-529 , May 2007

Tissue Doppler and Strain Imaging for Evaluating Tissue Elasticity of Breast Lesions

  • Anke Thomas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charité−Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.T.
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  • Mathias Warm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Senology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
    • ,
  • Markus Hoopmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Senology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
    • ,
  • Felix Diekmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité−Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Fischer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité−Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Received 29 October 2006 ,Accepted 25 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.12.016

Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 522-529 , May 2007

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