Breast Cyst Fluid Analysis Correlations with Speed of Sound Using Transmission Ultrasound.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale and objectives

The purpose of this work is to determine if the speed of sound value of a breast cyst can aid in the clinical management of breast masses. Breast macrocysts are defined as fluid-filled tissue masses >1 cm in diameter and are thought to be aberrations of normal development and involution, often associated with apocrine metaplasia. The benign natural history of breast cysts is well known, and it is important to obtain high specificity in breast imaging to avoid unnecessary biopsies in women who have benign diseases, particularly those with dense breast tissue. Transmission ultrasound is a tomographic imaging modality that generates high-resolution, 3D speed of sound maps that could be used to identify breast tissue types and act as a biomarker to differentiat

SUBMITTER: Malik BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6286231 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature