Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Breast, MR, Ultrasound, Mammography, Technical aspects, Technology assessment, Education, Neoplasia
Authors:
A. C. Pereira; PhD in Biomedicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior/PT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-1771
Conclusion
Technological advances in breast imaging,
such as DBT,
ultrasound and mri elastography,
have gained extensive acceptance,
and have shown significant potential benefits in breast cancer detection enhancing the diagnostic accuracy.
In sum:
Digital mammography is important as an enabling technology.
It offers advances in image processing,
transmission,
and display,
but also facilitates the development of CAD,
3D tomosynthesis,
and contrast-enhanced mammography.
MRI advantages include a very high true positive rate,
with demonstration of almost all invasive cancers above 3 mm in diameter.
MRE is an experimental but developing technology,
which,
similar to ultrasound elastography,
obtains information about tissue stiffness for lesion characterization.
Automated breast volume ultrasound provides advantages of high diagnostic accuracy,
better lesion size prediction,
operator-independence and visualization of the whole breast.
PEM and breast-specific gamma imaging are used as an adjunct imaging tool for the detection and staging of breast cancer and for assessing the response to treatment.