Does 3-D sonography bring any advantage to noninvasive breast diagnostics?

Gray-scale three-dimensional sonography of thyroid nodules: feasibility of the method and preliminary studies

“…It has been proved useful in the investigation of small parts to better characterize breast lesions, or in abdominal examinations to show complex anatomy [3,24,25].…”

Differentiating Benign from Malignant Solid Breast Masses: Comparison of Two-dimensional and Three-dimensional US

“…For the evaluation of breast masses, 3D US and volume data can be more complete than 2D US image data because the entire surface of the mass can be evaluated with dynamic and multisectional capabilities (5). Recent studies have shown that 3D US improves the analysis of breast lesions when compared with conventional US (10,11). By using 3D US, complex growth patterns and their margins can be better appreciated in three orthogonal planes in both benign and malignant tumors.…”

A novel breast ultrasound system for providing coronal images: System development and feasibility study

“…In fact, the feature of retraction phenomenon on coronal plane, also called spiculation, was reported by other researchers with high specificity (98.4% in [10]; 94.6% in [11]) in tumor diagnosis. In the report of Meyberg-Solomayer et al, the coronal plane could provide tumor classification information when the infiltrative zone was not visible (17 of 39 cases) or unclear (6 of 8 cases) in 2D ultrasound imaging [12]. This result demonstrated that the image on this plane could offer a better assessment when the infiltrative zone surrounding the lesion was unclear or not visible on conventional 2D images, which could help to reduce biopsies.…”

“…However, information on this plane has been proved to be beneficial for clinical diagnosis [8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Rotten et al analyzed images of normal breast tissue and breast lesions and found four diagnosis features on coronal plane [8].…”