Ultrasound of the whole breast utilizing a dedicated automated breast scanner.

Maturo, V G; Zusmer, Noel R.; Gilson, Albert J.; Smoak, William M.; Janowitz, Warren R.; Bear, B E; Goddard, John C.; Dick, Donald E.

doi:10.1148/radiology.137.2.6254110

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“…The potential of automated breast ultrasound technology was investigated and reported in 1968 by Wells and Evans (1968). Commercial scanners became available in the 1970s (Maturo et al 1980). Thereafter, various different automated systems were available for breast ultrasound scanning for clinical use (Chang et al 2006;Jackson et al 1986).…”

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Comparative Study of Automated Breast 3-D Ultrasound and Handheld B-Mode Ultrasound for Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Breast Masses

Chen¹,

Chen²,

Diao³

et al. 2013

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

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Comparative Study of Automated Breast 3-D Ultrasound and Handheld B-Mode Ultrasound for Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Breast Masses

Chen¹,

Chen²,

Diao³

et al. 2013

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology

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“…4 numerous. [4][5][6]8,9 If automated scanning of suspended breasts in a water tank can be performed, the scanning method could be uniform.…”

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“…[4][5][6]8,9 If automated scanning of suspended breasts in a water tank can be performed, the scanning method could be uniform. [4][5][6]8,9 However, because maintenance of a large volume of warm deaerated water is troublesome and the quality of the images is poor, it has not been used. Recently, ABVS with a high-resolution transducer, designed for scanning patients in the supine position, was introduced.…”

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Optimal scanning technique to cover the whole breast using an automated breast volume scanner

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“…ABVS is in its third decade [4]. It was initially designed to examine the whole breast with eight probes and a water tank, but limited by its low resolution [5–7].…”

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Combined use of the automated breast volume scanner and the US elastography for the differentiation of benign from malignant lesions of the breast

Wei

Xie

et al. 2014

BMC Cancer

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BackgroundAutomated breast volume scanner (ABVS) and US elastography (UE) have been useful for the differentiation of benign and malignant lesions. However, combining these two methods applied in diagnosis of breast lesions has not yet been reported. The aim of this study is to analyze the inter-examiner reliability of ABVS and UE, and compare diagnostic performance among ABVS, UE, and the combination of these two methods.MethodsForty-one patients (forty-six lesions) underwent both ABVS and UE examinations. ABVS images were acquired by medial and lateral scans for each breast and classified a BI-RADS category based on the distribution, size, shape, echogenicity and microcalcification of the lesions. UE images were assigned an elasticity score according to the distribution of strain induced by light compression. Kappa statistics was used to examine the reproducibility between examiners with ABVS and UE, and the concordance between pathology and ABVS, UE, and the combination of these two methods. χ2 test was used to compare diagnostic performance among these three methods.Two examiners blinded to the patients’ history evaluated the results of breast imaging independently.ResultsInter-examiner reliability with ABVS (κ = 0.62, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.44-0.80) and UE (κ = 0.65, 95% CI: 0.48-0.82) was substantial. With respect to the pathology results, the inter-rater coefficient of concordance was κ = 0.81 (95% CI: 0.64-0.98) for ABVS, κ = 0.77 (95% CI: 0.58-0.96) for UE, and κ = 0.90 (95% CI: 0.77-1.00) for combination of ABVS and UE. Examiner variability was reduced from UE to ABVS, and to the combination of ABVS with UE.The diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity for the combination of ABVS and UE were 95.7% (95%CI: 84.0-99.2), 100% (95% CI: 85.9-100), and 87.5% (95% CI: 60.4-97.8), respectively. When comparing, the diagnostic performance of ABVS combined with UE was better than, or at least equal to, that of ABVS (accuracy 91.3% (95% CI: 78.3-97.2), sensitivity 100% (95% CI: 85.0-1.00), specificity 77.8% (95% CI: 51.9-92.6)) or UE (accuracy 89.1% (95% CI: 75.6-95.9), sensitivity 96.4% (95% CI: 79.8-99.8), specificity 77.8% (95% CI: 51.9-92.6)) alone, though the improvement was no statistically significance.ConclusionsBoth ABVS and UE demonstrated substantial inter-examiner reliability. With high diagnostic performance for differentiation of benign and malignant lesions in the breast, the combination of ABVS and UE are useful to improve the diagnostic accuracy and specificity.

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Ultrasound of the whole breast utilizing a dedicated automated breast scanner.

Cited by 57 publications

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Comparative Study of Automated Breast 3-D Ultrasound and Handheld B-Mode Ultrasound for Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Breast Masses

Comparative Study of Automated Breast 3-D Ultrasound and Handheld B-Mode Ultrasound for Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Breast Masses

Optimal scanning technique to cover the whole breast using an automated breast volume scanner

Combined use of the automated breast volume scanner and the US elastography for the differentiation of benign from malignant lesions of the breast

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