Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography of Breast Masses: Initial Results Show Promise

• Max Denis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Max Denis, Mohammad Mehrmohammadi, Duane D. Meixner, Azra Alizad

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Mohammad Mehrmohammadi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Max Denis, Mohammad Mehrmohammadi, Duane D. Meixner, Azra Alizad

  Current address: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Pengfei Song ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Duane D. Meixner ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Max Denis, Mohammad Mehrmohammadi, Duane D. Meixner, Azra Alizad

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Robert T. Fazzio ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Sandhya Pruthi ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Dana H. Whaley ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Shigao Chen ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Mostafa Fatemi ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Azra Alizad

  Contributed equally to this work with: Max Denis, Mohammad Mehrmohammadi, Duane D. Meixner, Azra Alizad

  * E-mail: Alizad.azra@mayo.edu

  Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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