A Practical How-to Manual on Breast Elastography

New York, NY, January 09, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Breast Elastography, recently published by Thieme, is a comprehensive reference that covers the principles and techniques used in performing breast elastography, an innovative imaging technology that can dramatically reduce the need for biopsies. The book begins with an introduction of the techniques, followed by sections on how to perform each technique and methods of interpretation, and concludes with more than 60 detailed case studies.

“Overall this is an outstandingly practical book that breast sonographers and sonologists will want to keep in their scanning room and refer to frequently.” – From the Foreword by David Cosgrove, MA, MSc, FRCP, FRCR

Breast Elastography is an essential reference for all radiologists, residents and fellows, and sonographers involved in breast imaging and evaluation.

Breast Elastography
Thieme Publishers, New York/Stuttgart.2014
192 pp
Hardback
ISBN: 9781604068528
eBook - Available from ebookstore.thieme.com, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and iTunes
eISBN: 978160406835
€89.99/$119.99

About the Author

Richard G. Barr, MD, PhD, FACR, FSRU, is a professor of Radiology at Northeastern Ohio Medical University and practices at Northside Medical Center and Southwoods Imaging in Youngstown, Ohio, USA.

About Thieme
Thieme Publishing Group is a medical and scientific publishing house employing more than 900 staff and maintaining offices in seven cities, including New York, Delhi, Rio and Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1886, the Thieme name has become synonymous with high quality and excellence in online and print publishing. Thieme publishes 150 peer-reviewed journals and more than 450 new books annually. The company has a rapidly growing array of web-based products in medicine and science. State-of-the-art online products include eNeurosurgery, eOtolaryngology, eSpine, Medlantis, Thieme eJournals, Thieme Electronic Book Library, and the medical student website WinkingSkull.com and Thieme Teaching Assistant, an innovative web-based platform for faculty. For more information about Thieme, please visit www.thieme.com.