Virtual Touch IQ elastography reduces unnecessary breast biopsies by applying quantitative “rule-in” and “rule-out” threshold values

Our purpose was to evaluate Virtual Touch IQ (VTIQ) elastography and identify quantitative “rule-in” and “rule-out” thresholds for the probability of malignancy, which can help avoid unnecessary breast biopsies. 189 patients with 196 sonographically evident lesions were included in this retrospectiv...

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Autores principales: Kapetas, Panagiotis, Clauser, Paola, Woitek, Ramona, Pinker, Katja, Bernathova, Maria, Helbich, Thomas H., Baltzer, Pascal A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5827686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29483627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22065-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5827686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29483627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22065-7

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