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A novel ultrasonic technique for differentiating cysts from solid lesions: preliminary results in the breast.

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Nightingale, KR; Kornguth, PJ; Walker, WF; McDermott, BA; Trahey, GE
Published in: Ultrasound in medicine & biology
January 1995

The feasibility of a new ultrasonic technique to distinguish cysts from solid lesions is explored. High intensity pulses are used to induce acoustic streaming in cyst fluid, and this motion is detected using Doppler techniques. Acoustic streaming cannot be generated in solid lesions, therefore, its detection would indicate a cyst. In six of seven breast cysts motion was clearly generated and detected in vivo. Ultrasonic pulses with intensities up to 4.4 W cm-2 (I(spta) in water) were focused on the cysts for 10 s. Lesion diameters ranged from 0.6 to 2.5 cm; induced flow velocities were less than 4.0 cm s-1.

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Published In

Ultrasound in medicine & biology

DOI

EISSN

1879-291X

ISSN

0301-5629

Publication Date

January 1995

Volume

21

Issue

6

Start / End Page

745 / 751

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography, Mammary
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler
  • Pilot Projects
  • Humans
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease
  • Female
  • Exudates and Transudates
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Breast Neoplasms
 

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Nightingale, K. R., Kornguth, P. J., Walker, W. F., McDermott, B. A., & Trahey, G. E. (1995). A novel ultrasonic technique for differentiating cysts from solid lesions: preliminary results in the breast. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 21(6), 745–751. https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-5629(95)00020-r
Nightingale, K. R., P. J. Kornguth, W. F. Walker, B. A. McDermott, and G. E. Trahey. “A novel ultrasonic technique for differentiating cysts from solid lesions: preliminary results in the breast.Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology 21, no. 6 (January 1995): 745–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-5629(95)00020-r.
Nightingale KR, Kornguth PJ, Walker WF, McDermott BA, Trahey GE. A novel ultrasonic technique for differentiating cysts from solid lesions: preliminary results in the breast. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 1995 Jan;21(6):745–51.
Nightingale, K. R., et al. “A novel ultrasonic technique for differentiating cysts from solid lesions: preliminary results in the breast.Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, vol. 21, no. 6, Jan. 1995, pp. 745–51. Epmc, doi:10.1016/0301-5629(95)00020-r.
Nightingale KR, Kornguth PJ, Walker WF, McDermott BA, Trahey GE. A novel ultrasonic technique for differentiating cysts from solid lesions: preliminary results in the breast. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 1995 Jan;21(6):745–751.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ultrasound in medicine & biology

DOI

EISSN

1879-291X

ISSN

0301-5629

Publication Date

January 1995

Volume

21

Issue

6

Start / End Page

745 / 751

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonography, Mammary
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler
  • Pilot Projects
  • Humans
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease
  • Female
  • Exudates and Transudates
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Breast Neoplasms