Pros
Cons
ABUS Facts
True or False
100

How is ABUS beneficial to work flow? 

Decreased examination times

100

What is the most common disadvantage of ABUS, that can greatly affect the sonographers view?

Artifact 

100

Who performs ABUS examinations?

A trained ultrasound technologist 

100

Automated Breast Ultrasound is for women with large fatty breast

False 

200

How is ABUS a money saving technique?

Uses less resources 

200

What is a type of artifact that can happen with ABUS?

Nipple Artifact

200

What is the standard imaging technique for breast imaging? 

Mammography

200
ABUS is a reproducible imaging technique 

True

300

ABUS is another imaging technique that has helped in increasing what? 

Breast cancer detection for women with dense breast tissue

300

What is a con of ABUS that falls on the ultrasound technologist?

Technique or Skill Level 

300

What pairing provided the best results for dense breast tissue exams?

ABUS and Mammography 

300

ABUS completely replaces the need for Mammography 

False
400

ABUS provides another imaging modality for? 

Women with dense breast

400

Result type that can come from a patient being told they have breast cancer but do not.

False Positive 

400

ABUS uses which plane to view the breast?

The coronal plane

400

Mammo has a high sensitivity to dense breast tissue

False

500

ABUS is able to view what exactly in dense breast tissue?

Benign and malignant tumors

500

Result type that can come from a patient being told they do not have breast cancer but actually do.

False Negative 

500

ABUS uses what type of ultrasound?

3-Dimensional or 3D 

500
Dense Breast tissue has an increased risk for breast cancer
True
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