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The detection of breast microcalcifications with medical ultrasound.

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Anderson, ME; Soo, MS; Bentley, RC; Trahey, GE
Published in: J Acoust Soc Am
January 1997

Microcalcifications are small crystals of calcium apatites which form in human tissue through a number of mechanisms. The size, morphology, and distribution of microcalcifications are important indicators in the mammographic screening for and diagnosis of various carcinomas in the breast. Although x-ray mammography is currently the only accepted method for detecting microcalcifications, its efficacy in this regard can be reduced in the presence of dense parenchyma. Current ultrasound scanners do not reliably detect microcalcifications in the size range of clinical interest. The results of theoretical, simulation, and experimental studies focused on the improvement of the ultrasonic visualization of microcalcifications are presented. Methods for estimating the changes in microcalcification detection performance which result from changes in aperture geometry or the presence of an aberrator are presented. An analysis of the relative efficacy of spatial compounding and synthetic receive aperture geometries in the detection of microcalcifications is described. The impact of log compression of the detected image on visualization is discussed. Registered high resolution ultrasound and digital spot mammography images of microcalcifications in excised breast carcinoma tissue and results from the imaging of suspected microcalcifications in vivo are presented.

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J Acoust Soc Am

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0001-4966

Publication Date

January 1997

Volume

101

Issue

1

Start / End Page

29 / 39

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography, Mammary
  • Models, Anatomic
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Calcinosis
  • Breast
  • Acoustics
 

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Anderson, M. E., Soo, M. S., Bentley, R. C., & Trahey, G. E. (1997). The detection of breast microcalcifications with medical ultrasound. J Acoust Soc Am, 101(1), 29–39. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.417973
Anderson, M. E., M. S. Soo, R. C. Bentley, and G. E. Trahey. “The detection of breast microcalcifications with medical ultrasound.J Acoust Soc Am 101, no. 1 (January 1997): 29–39. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.417973.
Anderson ME, Soo MS, Bentley RC, Trahey GE. The detection of breast microcalcifications with medical ultrasound. J Acoust Soc Am. 1997 Jan;101(1):29–39.
Anderson, M. E., et al. “The detection of breast microcalcifications with medical ultrasound.J Acoust Soc Am, vol. 101, no. 1, Jan. 1997, pp. 29–39. Pubmed, doi:10.1121/1.417973.
Anderson ME, Soo MS, Bentley RC, Trahey GE. The detection of breast microcalcifications with medical ultrasound. J Acoust Soc Am. 1997 Jan;101(1):29–39.

Published In

J Acoust Soc Am

DOI

ISSN

0001-4966

Publication Date

January 1997

Volume

101

Issue

1

Start / End Page

29 / 39

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography, Mammary
  • Models, Anatomic
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Calcinosis
  • Breast
  • Acoustics