Pros
How is ABUS beneficial to work flow?
Decreased examination times
What is the most common disadvantage of ABUS, that can greatly affect the sonographers view?
Artifact
Who performs ABUS examinations?
A trained ultrasound technologist
Automated Breast Ultrasound is for women with large fatty breast
False
How is ABUS a money saving technique?
Uses less resources
What is a type of artifact that can happen with ABUS?
Nipple Artifact
What is the standard imaging technique for breast imaging?
Mammography
True
ABUS is another imaging technique that has helped in increasing what?
Breast cancer detection for women with dense breast tissue
What is a con of ABUS that falls on the ultrasound technologist?
Technique or Skill Level
What pairing provided the best results for dense breast tissue exams?
ABUS and Mammography
ABUS completely replaces the need for Mammography
ABUS provides another imaging modality for?
Women with dense breast
Result type that can come from a patient being told they have breast cancer but do not.
False Positive
ABUS uses which plane to view the breast?
The coronal plane
Mammo has a high sensitivity to dense breast tissue
False
ABUS is able to view what exactly in dense breast tissue?
Benign and malignant tumors
Result type that can come from a patient being told they do not have breast cancer but actually do.
False Negative
ABUS uses what type of ultrasound?
3-Dimensional or 3D