Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 558-563 , May 2010

Significant Differentiation of Focal Breast Lesions: Calculation of Strain Ratio in Breast Sonoelastography

  • Anke Thomas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Ultrasound Research Laboratory, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.T.
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  • Friedrich Degenhardt, Prof

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Franziskus Hospital, Bielefeld, Germany
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  • André Farrokh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Franziskus Hospital, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Sebastian Wojcinski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Franziskus Hospital, Bielefeld, Germany
    • ,
  • Torsten Slowinski, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Fischer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Received 14 November 2009 ,Accepted 1 December 2009.

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PII: S1076-6332(09)00676-X

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.12.006

Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 558-563 , May 2010

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