Speaker
Abstract
During this conference, many facets of breast ultrasound tomography (UST) have been presented. Focus was made upon the technical specifications needed for many applications of UST, especially for screening in women with dense breasts and improved clinical diagnosis. Improved cancer detection while limiting call-backs and reducing unnecessary biopsies are now possible. Normal, benign and malignant breast tissue characterization is possible from quantitative analyses of multi-parameter UST radiomics. Breast density can be accurately estimated without ionizing radiation or expensive MR, as well as monitoring density modification for chemoprevention. As UST becomes a crucial part in the emerging standard of care, greater use of IV contrast, biopsy and treatment guidance/monitoring is expected.
