The role of ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of breast masses

Hogg, Jeffrey P.; Harris, Kathleen Mullan; Skolnick, M. Leon

doi:10.1016/0301-5629(88)90042-7

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“…Conventional cysts with a sensitivity of 98-100% [l], however, sonographisonography has been reponed to successfully diagnose simple cally indeterminate lesions that are biopsied are often found to be cystic. In a study of 45 sonographically indeterminate lesions, lions could have been avoided if the lesions had been identified 33% were found to be cystic upon aspiration [5]. These aspiraas cystic during the preceding ultrasound examination.…”

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Utilization of acoustic streaming to classify breast lesions in vivo

Nightingale

Kornguth²,

Breit³

et al.

1997 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings. An International Symposium (Cat. No.97CH36118)

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used to successfully differentiate fluid-filled lesions (cysts) fromResults from a clinical study in which Streaming Detection was solid lesions in the breast are presented. Streaming Detection is an ultrasonic technique in which high intensity ultrasound pulses are used to induce acoustic streaming in cyst fluid, and t h s motion is detected using flow estimation methods. In fourteen of fifteen simple cysts acoustic streaming was generated and detected. Evidence of nonlinear enhancement of acoustic streaming was observed in several cysts. Streaming Detection was also performed on fourteen sonographically indeterminate breast lesions. Acoustic streaming was generated and detected in four of these lesions, each of which were relatively small (average sue of 0.4 x 0.5 cm). It seems that Streaming Detechon is pmicularly suaed for diagnosis of small, possibly newer cysts which may appear indeterminate on conventional sonography due to their small size. These results indicate that Streaming Detection would be a useful adjmct to convennonal sonography for the purpose of breast lesion classification.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Utilization of acoustic streaming to classify breast lesions in vivo

Nightingale

Kornguth²,

Breit³

et al.

1997 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings. An International Symposium (Cat. No.97CH36118)

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Towards performing ultrasound-guided needle biopsies from within a head-mounted display

Fuchs

State

Pisano

et al. 1996

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract.Augmented reality is applied to ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of the human breast. In a tracked stereoscopic head-mounted display, a physician sees the ultrasound imagery "emanating" from the transducer, properly registered with the patient and the biopsy needle. A physician has successfully used the system to guide a needle into a synthetic tumor within a breast phantom and examine a human patient in preparation for a cyst aspiration.

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A Review of Breast Ultrasound

Sehgal

Weinstein

Arger

et al. 2006

J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia

128

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Frequent advances in transducer design, electronics, computers, and signal processing have improved the quality of ultrasound images to the extent that sonography is now a major mode of imaging for the clinical diagnosis of breast cancer. Breast ultrasound is routinely used for differentiating cysts and solid nodules with high specificity. In combination with mammography, ultrasound is used to characterize solid masses as benign or malignant. There is growing interest in using Doppler ultrasound and contrast agents for measuring tumor blood flow and for imaging tumor vascularity. Ease of use and real-time imaging capability make breast ultrasound a method of choice for guiding breast biopsies and other interventional procedures. Breast ultrasound is used in many forms. B-mode is the most common form of imaging for the breast, although compound imaging and harmonic imaging are being increasingly applied to better visualize breast lesions and to reduce image artifacts. These developments, together with the formulation of a standardized lexicon of solid mass features, have improved the diagnostic performance of breast ultrasound. Several approaches that are currently being investigated to further improve performance include: (1) computer-aided-diagnosis; (2) the assessment of tumor vascularity and tumor blood flow with Doppler ultrasound and contrast agents; and (3) tissue elasticity imaging. In the future, ultrasound will play a greater role in differentiating benign from malignant masses and in the diagnosis of breast cancer.

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The role of ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of breast masses

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

Utilization of acoustic streaming to classify breast lesions in vivo

Utilization of acoustic streaming to classify breast lesions in vivo

Towards performing ultrasound-guided needle biopsies from within a head-mounted display

A Review of Breast Ultrasound

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