@article{d1c43b243ce8455295d3fcab03f2f8ea,
title = "Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound elastography used for differential diagnosis of focal pancreatic masses: a multicenter study",
abstract = "Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) elastography represents a new imaging procedure that might characterize the differences of hardness and strain between diseased tissue and normal tissue. The aim of this study was to assess the efficiency of EUS elastography for the differentiation of focal masses in chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.",
keywords = "Adult, Aged, Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted, Diagnosis, Differential, Elasticity Imaging Techniques, Endosonography, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Observer Variation, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Pancreatitis, Chronic, Predictive Value of Tests, Prospective Studies, ROC Curve, Sensitivity and Specificity, Single-Blind Method",
author = "A S{\u a}ftoiu and P Vilmann and F Gorunescu and J Janssen and Martine Hocke and M Larsen and J Iglesias-Garcia and P Arcidiacono and U Will and M Giovannini and C Dietrich and R Havre and C Gheorghe and C McKay and Gheonea, {D I} and T Ciurea and {European EUS Elastography Multicentric Study Group}",
note = "{\textcopyright} Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1055/s-0030-1256314",
language = "English",
volume = "43",
pages = "596--603",
journal = "Endoscopy",
issn = "0013-726X",
publisher = "Georg Thieme Verlag",
number = "7",
}