Posts Tagged ‘breast cancer’
Current Status of Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) Market: What Does the Future Hold?
Over the years ultrasound has evolved as an adjunct to mammography, becoming a valuable tool for use in the diagnosis of breast cancer. Historically, the gold standard for routine breast cancer screening involved radiographic mammography technology but imaging limitations for those patients with dense breast tissue was an issue; dense breast tissue makes mammography interpretation difficult as radiographic images of dense breast tissue appear similar to cancer. Read More »
3D Water Bath Ultrasound: Next Generation in Cancer Imaging
Warm Bath Ultrasound (WBU) is a new technology designed to produce 3D breast images in less than 10 minutes. Its based on placing the breast in a warm water bath surrounded by multiple ultrasound transducers, allowing near instantaneous tomographic imaging of the tissue. Read More »
Blood Test, then MRI = New Diagnostic Path for Breast Cancer
How good are breast cancer blood tests? Digital mammography has an accuracy rate for women under age 50 at 84%; film mammography, 69%. The published results for the BT test reflect 97% accuracy. For women over 50, digital mammography has an accuracy rate at 77%; film, 75%; BT, 86% accuracy. Read More »