Ultrasound Breast Imaging
Improve lesion detection sensitivity, characterization, and exam efficiency
Ultrasound is set to increase its role and become a more integral part of the breast lesion imaging process through innovations in ultrasound elastography, by providing new technologies that improve imaging sensitivity under challenging conditions such as fatty tissue imaging, and by improving efficiency with automated ultrasound breast scanning.
New diagnostic options, improved imaging consistency and quality in ultrasound is big news for physicians and patients. According to the World Health Organization, more than 1.2 million people were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, making it the most common cancer among women.
Changing Trends in Breast Ultrasound
Ultrasound is currently used as an adjunct to mammography to characterize lesions, for biopsy guidance and as a way to image dense breast tissue. New ultrasound breast imaging technologies may enable you to rely on ultrasound during diagnostic exams to:
- Reduce the number of unnecessary breast biopsies and patient distress
- Provide greater insight into pathologies
- Make ultrasound breast exams more reproducible
- Make this non-ionizing modality available to more patients
Breakthrough ultrasound technologies from Siemens Medical Solutions can be integrated into selected systems to deliver a complete solution for breast imaging, diagnosis, and follow-up.
Improving lesion detection sensitivity
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Increasing exam specificity
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Enhancing exam efficiency, workflow, and patient throughput
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Case Study Spotlight
Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging is a new method that employs specialized software to visualize the relative stiffness of tissue.
Related Articles
"Breast Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging", by Dr. W.E. Svensson, Charing Cross Hospital, London. This article was first published in RAD Magazine, June 2007, Volume 33, No 385, page 38.
Related Whitepapers
Dr. W.E. Svensson: "The Use of Elasticity Imaging in Breast Ultrasound"
Elasticity or Strain imaging is a very different method, technique and image to learn, but increasing skill in interpretation appears to be providing greater accuracy in diagnosis.
