title: Variable breast conditions: comparison of conventional and real-time compound ultrasonography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To illustrate and compare the appearances of variable breast conditions by conventional and real-time spatial compound images.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cases illustrative of a broad range of breast conditions were collected. Each image pair consisted of conventional and real-time compound images with a stationary probe to maintain an identical projection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The various breast conditions, including normal anatomic structures and abnormal lesions, were evaluated and compared by conventional and real-time compound images. The real-time compound images revealed more realistic and clear images with reduced artifacts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Real-time compound images are superior to conventional images of normal and abnormal breast conditions. Real-time compound imaging is a good technique for evaluating the breast state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Pochon Cha University, College of Medicine, Kyonggi, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: Eun-Kyung
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jai Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Ki Keun
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods*