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Feasibility for Ultrasound Pad Material for the Evaluation Axillary Region of Automated Breast Ultrasound Equipment

자동유방초음파 장비의 액와부 평가를 위한 초음파 패드 물질의 타당성

  • Seo, Eun-Hee (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Seoung, Youl-Hun (Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Medical Science, Cheongju University)
  • 서은희 (분당서울대학병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 성열훈 (청주대학교 보건의료과학대학 방사선학과)
  • Received : 2018.05.29
  • Accepted : 2018.06.23
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) equipment is a new innovative technique for 3D automatic breast scanning, but limited for the examination in the concave axillary region. The purpose of this study was to determine feasible candidate materials for the ultrasonic wave propagation media in ABUS, enabling the evaluation of the axillary region. Ultrasonography was performed using an ABUS system ($Invenia^{TM}ABUS$, GE, USA) on the ultrasound-specific phantom (UC-551M-0.5, ATS Laboratories, USA) covered by different candidate materials. The validity of feasible candidate materials was evaluated by image quality. Three independent radiological technologists, with more than 10 years of experience, visually assessed on the images. The inter-observer agreements according to the candidate materials were tested using Cronbach's alpha. Unenveloped solidified carrageenan can be a feasible material for the use of ABUS with excellent test reliability. Therefore, the coverage of the axillary region with carrageenan may be effective for ABUS which was originally developed for the convex anatomic structure as female breast.

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