Ultrasound Elastography in Breast Cancer Diagnosis

TY - JOUR

T1 - Ultrasound Elastography in Breast Cancer Diagnosis

AU - Carlsen, J.

AU - Ewertsen, C

AU - Sletting, S

AU - Vejborg, I

AU - Schäfer, F K W

AU - Cosgrove, D

AU - Nielsen, Michael Bachmann

N1 - © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.

PY - 2015/12/1

Y1 - 2015/12/1

N2 - Ultrasound elastography is an established method for characterization of focal lesions in the breast. Different techniques and analyses of the images may be used for the characterization. This article addresses the use of ultrasound elastography in breast cancer diagnosis. In the first part of the article the techniques behind both strain- and shear-wave-elastography are explained and followed by a section on how to obtain adequate elastography images and measurements. In the second part of the article the application of elastography as an adjunct to B-mode ultrasound in clinical practice is described, and the potential diagnostic gains and limitations of elastography are discussed.

AB - Ultrasound elastography is an established method for characterization of focal lesions in the breast. Different techniques and analyses of the images may be used for the characterization. This article addresses the use of ultrasound elastography in breast cancer diagnosis. In the first part of the article the techniques behind both strain- and shear-wave-elastography are explained and followed by a section on how to obtain adequate elastography images and measurements. In the second part of the article the application of elastography as an adjunct to B-mode ultrasound in clinical practice is described, and the potential diagnostic gains and limitations of elastography are discussed.

U2 - 10.1055/s-0035-1553293

DO - 10.1055/s-0035-1553293

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 26274379

SN - 0172-4614

VL - 36

SP - 550-62; quiz 563-5

JO - Ultraschall in der Medizin

JF - Ultraschall in der Medizin

IS - 6

ER -