Technique for detecting and evaluating breast lesions.
A sonographic method is described that provides additional information concerning ultrasonic tissue properties. It allows simplified interpretation and eventually might permit automatization. In this technique a totally reflecting plate is used as an indicator for presence of breast lesions because such lesions cause changes of reflectivity, attenuation, and velocity when exposed to ultrasound beams. Twenty-seven benign lesions and 33 malignancies were examined with this method.
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Department of Radiology and Radiotherapy, Auguste-Viktoria-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany.
D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods*