Ultrasound: Page 195

Which is more sensitive: breast MRI or whole-breast ultrasound?
By Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, December 2 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSK02-01 | Room E450AWhich is more sensitive for localizing breast cancer in patients already diagnosed: bilateral whole-breast ultrasound or breast MRI? Which is more specific? Researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center will address these questions during this Wednesday morning session.
November 3, 2015
Ultrasound helps predict degree of hepatic fibrosis
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, December 1 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSJ09-06 | Room E350In this Tuesday talk, researchers from Boston will share how texture features of the liver identified on ultrasound can help clinicians predict varying degrees of hepatic fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease.
November 3, 2015
Ultrasound traits of partial molar pregnancy are key to patient care
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, December 1 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSJ11-02 | Room E353BCompared with a complete molar pregnancy, partial molar pregnancy is often underdiagnosed -- making it all the more important for radiologists to be familiar with its sonographic appearance, researchers from the University of Michigan report.
November 3, 2015
MR/ultrasound fusion boosts prostate biopsy performance
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, December 1 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSJ10-02 | Room E353CUsing MR/ultrasound fusion improves the performance of prostate biopsies when compared with random ultrasound-guided biopsies, according to this study to be presented on Tuesday afternoon.
November 3, 2015
How well does sonoelastography assess myopathy?
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, December 1 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | RC304-08 | Room E450AThis Tuesday morning refresher course will discuss how sonoelastography could help clinicians not only assess inflammatory myopathies, but also track their treatment.
November 3, 2015
Shear-wave elastography can track tendon healing
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, December 1 | 9:10 a.m.-9:20 a.m. | RC304-03 | Room E450AShear-wave elastography works better than B-mode or power Doppler ultrasound for guiding treatment and monitoring healing in patients with tendinopathies, according to researchers from Germany.
November 3, 2015
3D ultrasound beats 2D for identifying parathyroid glands
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SSC09-07 | Room N229In this session, researchers from New York will discuss how 3D ultrasound is better than 2D for localizing abnormal parathyroid glands before surgery.
November 3, 2015
Screening ultrasound finds early-stage thyroid cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSC09-05 | Room N229Screening ultrasound is an effective tool for finding early-stage thyroid cancer in asymptomatic populations, according to research to be presented on Monday morning.
November 3, 2015
ABUS not needed in at-risk women's screening protocol
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 10:20 a.m.-10:30 a.m. | RC215-10 | Arie Crown TheaterWomen who carry BRCA genes benefit from yearly screening with both MRI and mammography. Because these women can still present with interval cancers, would adding automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) to the mix find more cancers earlier?
November 3, 2015
CAD improves radiologists' ABUS performance
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 10:10 a.m.-10:20 a.m. | RC215-09 | Arie Crown TheaterIn this study, a Dutch team compared unaided radiologist readings of automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) exams with those interpreted using computer-aided detection (CAD) to determine if adding CAD as a "second reader" could help reduce unnecessary recalls.
November 3, 2015
Breast US exam quality improves after passage of density law
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 10:00 a.m.-10:10 a.m. | RC215-08 | Arie Crown TheaterSince the first breast density notification law passed in Connecticut in 2009 -- sparking an increase in breast ultrasound exams as an adjunct to mammography -- there has been a marked improvement in the quality of these exams, with fewer false positives and a higher positive predictive value, according to research to be presented on Monday.
November 3, 2015
Ultrasound helps predict lymph node response to therapy
By Kate Madden Yee
Sunday, November 29 | 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. | BR225-SD-SUB3 | Lakeside Learning Center, Station 3Ultrasound can help predict which lymph nodes will respond to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in women with breast cancer, according to researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center.
November 3, 2015
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