Ultrasonographic Breast Imaging Using Full Angle Spatial Compounding (FASC): In-vivo Evaluations

Objective: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women worldwide. Mammography is considered the “gold standard“ in detecting even small cancers, leading to identification of early-stage breast cancers. Despite this, mammography has substantial disadvantages such as moderate sensitivity ranging from 69–90%, radiation risk and further diminished sensitivity in radiographically dense breasts. Apart from mammography, ultrasound examination is being offered as the most important adjunct to the preoperative diagnostic work-up. However, ultrasound is operator-dependent, has a variable false-positive rate a…