Subharmonic breast ultrasound technique shows promise

A dynamic display method for subharmonic ultrasound imaging may offer considerable added value in detecting breast cancer, according to research published in the August issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

In their small pilot study, researchers led by Jaydev Dave of Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) Hospital in Philadelphia found that this display technique had a higher area under the receiver operator characteristics (ROC) curve than a variety of other ultrasound imaging methods. It also even outperformed mammography.

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