Benign versus malignant breast masses: optical differentiation with US-guided optical imaging reconstruction

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 237; no. 1; p. 57
• Main Authors: Zhu, Quing, Cronin, Edward B, Currier, Allen A, Vine, Hugh S, Huang, Minming, Chen, NanGuang, Xu, Chen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Breast Diseases - diagnosis; Breast Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Diagnosis, Differential; Feasibility Studies; Female; Hemoglobins - analysis; Humans; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tomography, Optical - methods; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color

To investigate prospectively the feasibility of using optical tomography with ultrasonographic (US) localization to differentiate malignant from benign breast masses and to compare optical tomography with color Doppler US. The study was approved by the local internal review board committee and by th...