Novel approaches to screening for breast cancer
Screening for breast cancer reduces breast cancer–related mortality and earlier detection
facilitates less aggressive treatment. Unfortunately, current screening modalities are …
facilitates less aggressive treatment. Unfortunately, current screening modalities are …
Thermometry and ablation monitoring with ultrasound
MA Lewis, RM Staruch, R Chopra - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In this review we present the current status of ultrasound thermometry and ablation
monitoring, with emphasis on the diverse approaches published in the literature and with an …
monitoring, with emphasis on the diverse approaches published in the literature and with an …
Spatial domain reconstruction for imaging speed-of-sound with pulse-echo ultrasound: simulation and in vivo study
Despite many uses of ultrasound, some pathologies such as breast cancer still cannot
reliably be diagnosed in either conventional B-mode ultrasound imaging nor with more …
reliably be diagnosed in either conventional B-mode ultrasound imaging nor with more …
Using speed of sound imaging to characterize breast density
M Sak, N Duric, P Littrup, L Bey-Knight, H Ali… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2017 - Elsevier
A population of 165 women with negative mammographic screens also received an
ultrasound tomography (UST) examination at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI …
ultrasound tomography (UST) examination at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI …
Quantitative assessment of breast density using transmission ultrasound tomography
Purpose Breast density is important in the evaluation of breast cancer risk. At present, breast
density is evaluated using two‐dimensional projections from mammography with or without …
density is evaluated using two‐dimensional projections from mammography with or without …
Ultrasound tomography evaluation of breast density: a comparison with noncontrast magnetic resonance imaging
EAM O'Flynn, J Fromageau, AE Ledger… - Investigative …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Ultrasound tomography (UST) is an emerging whole-breast 3-dimensional
imaging technique that obtains quantitative tomograms of speed of sound of the entire …
imaging technique that obtains quantitative tomograms of speed of sound of the entire …
Quantitative sound speed imaging of cortical bone and soft tissue: Results from observational data sets
This work presents the first quantitative ultrasonic sound speed images of ex vivo limb cross-
sections containing both soft tissue and bone using Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) with level …
sections containing both soft tissue and bone using Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) with level …
Using whole breast ultrasound tomography to improve breast cancer risk assessment: A novel risk factor based on the quantitative tissue property of sound speed
N Duric, M Sak, S Fan, RM Pfeiffer, PJ Littrup… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mammographic percent density (MPD) is an independent risk factor for developing breast
cancer, but its inclusion in clinical risk models provides only modest improvements in …
cancer, but its inclusion in clinical risk models provides only modest improvements in …
Speed of sound ultrasound: a pilot study on a novel technique to identify sarcopenia in seniors
SJ Sanabria, K Martini, G Freystätter, L Ruby… - European …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives To measure speed of sound (SoS) with a novel hand-held ultrasound technique
as a quantitative indicator for muscle loss and fatty muscular degeneration. Methods Both …
as a quantitative indicator for muscle loss and fatty muscular degeneration. Methods Both …
Multicenter study of whole breast stiffness imaging by ultrasound tomography (SoftVue) for characterization of breast tissues and masses
We evaluated whole breast stiffness imaging by SoftVue ultrasound tomography (UST),
extracted from the bulk modulus, to volumetrically map differences in breast tissues and …
extracted from the bulk modulus, to volumetrically map differences in breast tissues and …