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In the ongoing quest to improve the performance of breast imaging, a number of technologies are vying for a role. Whole-breast ultrasound tomography may provide a number of key benefits, however, according to researchers at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.
A prototype developed by the institute is achieving comparable resolution to MRI, and it may offer an improvement in positive predictive value over the combination of ultrasound and mammography, according to the researchers. They also believe ultrasound tomography may prove valuable in predicting therapy response, as well as aid in predicting breast cancer risk.
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In addition, the Society for Heart Attack Prevention and Eradication is eyeing an expanded role for 3D ultrasound in carotid intima-media thickness scans as part of its upcoming new cardiac risk assessment guidelines. International editor Eric Barnes has the details.
In more positive echocardiography contrast media news, a new meta-analysis has found that using these agents does not lead to more myocardial infarctions or deaths. Also, discover more about the potential of a subharmonic breast ultrasound technique.
Swiss researchers have also developed a real-time parametric imaging technique for distinguishing benign from malignant liver lesions on contrast-enhanced ultrasound.
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