Current And Potential Capabilities Of Ultrasound Imaging For Breast Cancer Diagnosis

J. Jelling; G. Kossoff; T. S. Reeve

doi:10.1117/12.954627

25 March 1976 Current And Potential Capabilities Of Ultrasound Imaging For Breast Cancer Diagnosis

J. Jelling, G. Kossoff, T. S. Reeve

Proceedings Volume 0070, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine IV; (1976) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.954627
Event: Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine, IV, 1975, Atlanta, United States

Abstract

By using grey scale echography and ultrasonic equipment with a resolution of the order of 1mm, echo patterns of the breast are obtained which contain characteristic features and these then form the basis of a classification criteria. The use of this criteria currently enables the detection and diagnosis of cysts and liquid filled ducts as small as 2mm in diameter with an accuracy approaching 100%. Solid lesions as small as 5mm have been recognised and in a series of patients with breast disease a correct interpretation was made in 85% of the cases with malignancies. Because there is no radiation hazard, this imaging technique can be used repeatedly without risk.

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J. Jelling, G. Kossoff, and T. S. Reeve "Current And Potential Capabilities Of Ultrasound Imaging For Breast Cancer Diagnosis", Proc. SPIE 0070, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine IV, (25 March 1976); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.954627

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