Ultrasound Detection of Microcalcifications in Surgical Breast Specimens.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-2018
Abstract
The objective was to evaluate a commercial image processing technique (MicroPure, Canon Medical Systems, Tustin, CA, USA) for detection of microcalcifications in breast surgical specimens. Twenty women scheduled for surgical excision of an area with breast calcifications were enrolled, their surgical specimens underwent grayscale ultrasound (US) and MicroPure examination using an Aplio XG scanner (Canon). Four independent and blinded readers analyzed 54 US and 54 MicroPure digital clips to determine the number of calcifications and scored image quality and artifacts on a 10-point scale. All readers saw significantly more microcalcifications with MicroPure than with US, 14.0 ± 12.0 versus 3.0 ± 3.2 (p
Volume
44
Issue
6
First Page
1286
Last Page
1290
ISSN
1879-291X
Published In/Presented At
Machado, P., Eisenbrey, J. R., Stanczak, M., Cavanaugh, B. C., Zorn, L. M., & Forsberg, F. (2018). Ultrasound Detection of Microcalcifications in Surgical Breast Specimens. Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 44(6), 1286–1290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2018.02.009
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
29606493
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article