Ultrasound Imaging Technologies for Breast Cancer Detection and Management: A Review

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: RongRong Guo, Emory University; Guolan Lu, Emory University; Baowei Fei, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2018-01-01
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2018 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.09.012
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
• ISSN: 0301-5629
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 37
• End Page: 70
• Grant/Funding Information: This work was partially supported by NIH grants CA156775, CA176684, and CA204254, and Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Scientists Award.
• Keywords: POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY; Automated ultrasound; Breast cancer; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Image fusion; TIME VIRTUAL SONOGRAPHY; INITIAL CLINICAL-EXPERIENCE; Positron emission tomography (PET); Ultrasound-guided biopsy; Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging; Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound; SERVICES TASK-FORCE; Acoustics; Ultrasound imaging; COMPUTER-AIDED CLASSIFICATION; CARCINOMA IN-SITU; Technology; SHEAR-WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; LYMPH-NODE METASTASES; Detection and Diagnosis; Computer-aided detection; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); HIGH FAMILIAL RISK; Science & Technology
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Oncology; Mathematics; Health Sciences, Radiology

Abstract

Ultrasound imaging is a commonly used modality for breast cancer detection and diagnosis. In this review, we summarize ultrasound imaging technologies and their clinical applications for the management of breast cancer patients. The technologies include ultrasound elastography, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, 3-D ultrasound, automatic breast ultrasound and computer-aided detection of breast ultrasound. We summarize the study results seen in the literature and discuss their future directions. We also provide a review of ultrasound-guided, breast biopsy and the fusion of ultrasound with other imaging modalities, especially magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). For comparison, we also discuss the diagnostic performance of mammography, MRI, positron emission tomography and computed tomography for breast cancer diagnosis at the end of this review. New ultrasound imaging techniques, ultrasound-guided biopsy and the fusion of ultrasound with other modalities provide important tools for the management of breast patients.