Quantitative evaluation of tissue stiffness around lesion by sound touch elastography in the diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions

• Leidan Huang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China, Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Second People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

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• Mengke Ma,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Second People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

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• Zhen Du,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Second People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China

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• Zheng Liu ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  *. E-mail: fox_gxh@sina.com (XG); liuzhengs@hotmail.com (ZL)

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China

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• Xuehao Gong

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  *. E-mail: fox_gxh@sina.com (XG); liuzhengs@hotmail.com (ZL)

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound, First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Second People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2401-5656

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