Automated breast sonography using a 7.5-MHz PVDF transducer: preliminary clinical evaluation. Work in progress.
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 159 (3), 679-684
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.159.3.3517952
Abstract
Breast ultrasound imaging perfomed with an automated machine was carried out in 89 patients, and images obtained with a conventional ceramic single-focus 4-MHz transducer and a 7.5-MHz polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) transducer were compared. The 7.5-MHz PVDF transducer improved overall image quality in 77% of patients and had equal peneration in 83%. It yielded greatly increased diagnostic information in 43% of 81 masses and improved visualization of calcification in 57% of 14 lesions in which calcium was visible on mammograms.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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