Archive for December 4th, 2006

New Breast Ultrasound Technique Could Replace Biopsies.

1 Comment Published by Vijay December 4th, 2006 in Medical Research, Nebulous Views, News, Radiology, Ultrasonography

Elasticity imaging, an experimental software technique that looks at ultrasound frames as they are collected, has been shown to characterize breast lesions as benign or malignant with high sensitivity and specificity.
Presenting Initial Research results at RSNA 20061, Richard G. Barr, M.D., Ph.D., noted that the technique has been evaluated for several years. People have made [...]