By B.-Joachim Hackelöer M.D., Volker Duda M.D., Günther Lauth M.D. (auth.)
ISBN-10: 146123476X
ISBN-13: 9781461234760
ISBN-10: 1461281164
ISBN-13: 9781461281160
For such a lot parts of clinical ultrasound, textbooks that supply physicians with precise, sensible details are available. regrettably, for the sphere of ultrasound mammography, such texts are few in quantity, compared to the num ber to be had for different fields of scientific ultrasound. This textbook through Drs. Hack eHler, Duda, and Lauth fills this hole by way of providing a transparent review of the usefulness and barriers of ultrasound mammography. details in keeping with scientific reviews with quite a few varieties of automatic and real-time instrumentation is gifted in a way that permits physicians to make their very own judgments concerning the diagnostic functions of ultrasound mammogra phy. It additionally offers particular info on suggestions required to acquire valuable diagnostic info. Examples of the various attainable photograph adaptations of particular breast pathologies are awarded. the benefits of fresh real-time structures, whilst used with a stand-off, are sincerely defined. The authors don't belabor the philosophical problem of which sys tem, an automatic or a real-time, is most suitable for ultrasound mammography. they just current the data they've got won of their use of either one of those platforms and point out that, sooner or later, a mix of automatic and real-time may be the most respected for the physician.