Sonographic Detectability Of Breast Calcifications

Edward A. Sickles

doi:10.1117/12.936004

13 December 1983 Sonographic Detectability Of Breast Calcifications

Edward A. Sickles

Proceedings Volume 0419, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936004
Event: Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI, 1983, Atlanta, United States

Abstract

Sonographic detectability of mammographically demonstrable breast calcifications depends primarily on the size of the calcific particles. Calcifications smaller than 2 mm in size are detected in fewer than 10% of cases, with equally low detection rates for benign and malignant particles. The inability of sonography to routinely identify malignant breast calcifications will severely restrict its use as a screening tool for cancer detection.

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Edward A. Sickles "Sonographic Detectability Of Breast Calcifications", Proc. SPIE 0419, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XI, (13 December 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.936004

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