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Strain Elastography Evaluation of Rectal Tumors: Inter- and Intraobserver Reproducibility

DOI

24

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2015

Year

Johannes Waage, Søren Rafael Rafaelsen, N R Borley, Roald Flesland Havre, E. Gubberud, Sabine Leh, Thomas Kolbro, K. Hagen, Geir Egil Eide, F. Pfeffer
Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound

Abstract

Visual evaluation of elastography loops is highly reproducible in an offline setting with blinded observers, and correlates significantly with pT-stages. Strain elastography performs better than ERUS and might consequently improve staging.