RSNA Breast Imaging - Ultrasound
- US screening of women with personal history of breast cancer: Cancer detection in the contralateral breast (Korea) - US can detect mammographically occult cancers - increased from 4 to 9 cancers in 1314 women
- Breast Ca staging using cortical thickness of axillary lymph nodes at ultrasound (Boston, MA) - Maximum cortical thickness of >3mm (compared with Nottingham Criteria of 2mm) is a simple and accurate sonographic criterion (US + FNAC/core gave sensitivity of 91%, specificity of 100%, PPV 100%, NPV 72%)
- 3D US for the identification and diagnosis of breast cancer (Peoria, IL) - SomoVu 3D reconstruction enabled visualization of mammo occult and MR occult lesions
- US screening of mastectomy site for detection of non-palpable recurrent cancer (Korea) - some recurrences visible when non-palpable
- Reproducibility of tool for breast ultrasound assessment and reporting (San Diego, CA)
- Adjunct diagnostic value of US in patients with suspected ductal breast disease (Rome, Italy) - Important role in the diagnosis of benign focal masses and duct ectasia. Can replace galactography
- Elasticity imaging of the breast: results of a multi-center trial (Korea) - high sensitivity in characterizing malignant breast lesions. Variability in specificity between centers requires standardization of the technique
- US Elastography of breast lesions associated with suspicious microcalcifications detected at mammography (Korea) - Malignant calcifications have less strain (HARDER) than benign calcifications
- Inter and Intra-observer agreement in interpretation of US elastography (Korea) - Interobserver agreement was moderate to substantial and intraobserver agreement was substantial to perfect for the visual assessment of strain images
