Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 11 , Pages 1813-1824 , November 2010

Axial-Shear Strain Imaging for Differentiating Benign and Malignant Breast Masses

  • Haiyan Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Min Rao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Tomy Varghese

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tomy Varghese, Ph.D., Department of Medical Physics, 1159 WIMR, 1111 Highland Avenue, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI-53706, USA.
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  • Amy Sommer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Sara Baker

      Affiliations

    • Ultrasound Technology School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Timothy J. Hall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Gale A. Sisney

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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  • Elizabeth S. Burnside

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Received 12 December 2009 ,Revised 22 June 2010 ,Accepted 4 July 2010.

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PII: S0301-5629(10)00357-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.07.008

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 11 , Pages 1813-1824 , November 2010

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