Virtual touch tissue imaging and quantification: value in malignancy prediction for complex cystic and solid breast lesions

Abstract This study was aimed to evaluatethe usefulness of conventional ultrasound (US) and US elastography, including the latest virtual touch tissue imaging and quantification (VTIQ), in malignancy prediction for complex cystic and solid breast lesions. Eighty-nine complex cystic and solid breast...

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Main Authors: Ying Zhang, Chong-Ke Zhao, Xiao-Long Li, Ya-Ping He, Wei-Wei Ren, Cai-Ping Zou, Yue-Wu Du, Hui-Xiong Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07865-7