Sonographic morphology of the breast.
The interpretation of ultrasound mammograms is complicated by the heterogeneous tissue structure of the breast. To improve the diagnostic analysis, a method has been developed which enables us to correlate ultrasound images of mastectomized specimen with the cross-sectional anatomy, the computerized tomography, the X-ray photographs of the specimen and the histopathologic study of the corresponding gross serial sections. Some echophenomena considering the propagation properties of ultrasound are discussed.
D001940:Breast / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008327:Mammography; D009558:Nipples / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*