The Rationale and Efficacy of Applying Multiple Imaging Techniques for Breast Examination: X-Ray Mammography and Ultrasound Visualization

Elizabeth Kelly-Fry

doi:10.1117/12.936001

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13 December 1983 The Rationale and Efficacy of Applying Multiple Imaging Techniques for Breast Examination: X-Ray Mammography and Ultrasound Visualization

Elizabeth Kelly-Fry

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Proceedings Volume 0419, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936001
Event: Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI, 1983, Atlanta, United States

Abstract

Since failure to biopsy a malignant mass during a relatively early stage of its development will result in a severely shortened life span for the patient, breast imaging techniques must be capable not only of detecting a mass, but of differentiating between the image characteristics of a benign and a malignant tumor. Ideally, the applied technique should be equally capable when used to examine the young breast and the older breast. The specific advantages and disadvantages of x-ray mammography and of ultrasound visualization, as well as the rationale of balancing the disadvantages of one technique with the advantages of the other, are discussed in this presentation.

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Elizabeth Kelly-Fry "The Rationale and Efficacy of Applying Multiple Imaging Techniques for Breast Examination: X-Ray Mammography and Ultrasound Visualization", Proc. SPIE 0419, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI, (13 December 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936001

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