This paper compares filtering methods for automated breast ultrasound images. The Perona-Malik diffusion filter, the diffusion stick filter and a simple median filter are evaluated as preprocessing methods for segmentation and characterization of lesions in breast ultrasound. In particular, preservation of small relevant image features, edge enhancement characteristics, and computational costs ...

ID: 14419 Title: Multi-modality Breast Imaging Systems: Tomo/Ultrasound/Optics, Ultrasound Multimodality Breast Imaging Systems: Tomo/Ultrasound/Optics, Ultrasound/Other Automated 3D ultrasound is being developed extensively to make screening for breast cancer more practical within the US and other medical communities. Ultrasound is sensitive to certain cancers that are not well detected by mam...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation of some ultrasound morphological parameters to biological characteristics in breast carcinoma. METHODS Ultrasound data from 315 breast masses were collected. We analyzed the ultrasound features of the tumors according to the ACR BI-RADS®-US classification system stratified by hormone receptor status, HER2 status, histology grade, t...

OBJECTIVE: To review the role of ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy (CNB) in the management of breast lesions. METHODS: Review of the most relevant literature on this topic. RESULTS: This technique shows a high sensitivity value of about 97.5% and it offers many advantages over other imaging techniques to guide a biopsy: non-ionising radiation, low cost, full control of the needle in real t...

A low cost, quasi real-time elastography system, displacement-gradient elastography (DGE), was developed by applying digital image correlation (DIC) method and smoothing algorithm to B-mode ultrasound images. In order to achieve quasi real-time elastogram display, a new fast pattern matching algorithm, decoupled cross-correlation (DCC), was proposed and validated. By applying the DGE to various...

OBJECTIVE To determine the usefulness of office-based breast ultrasound. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized study. SETTING Academic-affiliated community teaching hospital. PATIENTS Among 653 consecutive patients seen in our office during a 30-month period, we performed 660 ultrasound examinations. The presenting complaint included a palpable mass in 53%, abnormal mammogram in 39%, and nipp...

The aim of this study was to find if Doppler ultrasound of the axillary and lateral thoracic arteries in breast cancer cases would differ from benign breast lesions and normal controls. Two hundred patients with breast lumps were included in the study. Clinical examination, mammography, breast ultrasound and fine needle aspiration or tru-cut biopsies were done for all cases. Breast ultrasound i...

Galactoceles are the most common benign breast lesions during breastfeeding period that can mimic carcinomas. We report a galactocele with malignant appearance on ultrasound in the accessory breast. The patient was a 32-year-old lactating woman presented to our hospital for considerable swelling in the left axilla. Ultrasound examination revealed a hypoechoic mass with heterogeneous echogenicit...

With the development of the times, people's lifestyle and eating habits are changed a lot. Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after lung cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer death. Diagnostic ultrasound (US) of breast cancer is currently the major clinical detection method. It is recognized as a safe, effective, and highly flexible imaging modality cap...

Benign simple breast cysts are commonly seen in female breasts and can present as palpable masses. They are distinctly uncommon, however, in the male breast. We report a case of simple benign cyst of the breast in a 58-year-old man newly diagnosed with mantel cell lymphoma. The cyst was first identified incidentally on a staging contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography. Further evaluation wi...