Real-Time Palpation Imaging for Improved Detection and Discrimination of Breast Abnormalities

Abstract

The purpose of our work is to develop and test a new kind of imaging system we call 'palpation imaging'. We expect that palpation imaging will be a useful tool for improving the discrimination between benign and malignant breast tumors. The scope of the effort in our first two years of funding was to implement our algorithm for imaging tissue elasticity on a commercial ultrasound imaging system and to begin testing that new imaging system. These images are produced at substantially real-time frames rates with normal ultrasound B-mode and strain images displayed side-by-side. These algorithms are fully integrated into the commercial system and require no system modifications. Year two efforts also involved increasing the clinical testing of these tools and investigating other elasticity imaging techniques. Breast exams performed on volunteers have shown that palpation imaging techniques are almost identical to the standard clinical breast ultrasound exam. Elasticity image information appears useful for differentiating atypical cysts, fibroadenomas, and invasive ductal carcinomas. Further testing is required to evaluate statistical performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA420109

Entities

People

  • Timothy J. Hall

Organizations

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Breast Cancer
  • Carcinoma
  • Detection
  • Elastic Properties
  • Gray Scale
  • Health Services
  • Image Processing
  • Imaging Techniques
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tissues
  • Two Dimensional
  • Ultrasounds

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

  • Medical Imaging.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics