ArticleChinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu2018
A multicenter hospital-based diagnosis study of automated breast ultrasound system in detecting breast cancer among Chinese women.
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- Adjunct Automated Breast Ultrasound in Mammographic Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of imaging · 2025Review
- Artificial intelligence-assisted ultrasound screening for breast cancer in China: a prospective, clustered, controlled, population-based study.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2025Article
- Implementation of an automated breast ultrasound system in an academic radiology department: Lesson learned in the first three years.European journal of radiology open · 2025Article
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- The Potential of Adding Mammography to Handheld Ultrasound or Automated Breast Ultrasound to Reduce Unnecessary Biopsies in BI-RADS Ultrasound Category 4a: A Multicenter Hospital-Based Study in China.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
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- Evaluation of Diagnostic Performance of Automatic Breast Volume Scanner Compared to Handheld Ultrasound on Different Breast Lesions: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The lesion detection efficacy of deep learning on automatic breast ultrasound and factors affecting its efficacy: a pilot study.The British journal of radiology · 2022Article
- Diagnostic performance of combined use of automated breast volume scanning & hand-held ultrasound for breast lesions.The Indian journal of medical research · 2021Article
- The diagnostic performance of automated versus handheld breast ultrasound and mammography in symptomatic outpatient women: a multicenter, cross-sectional study in China.European radiology · 2021Article
- Dependability of Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) in Assessing Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) Category and Size of Malignant Breast Lesions Compared with Handheld Ultrasound (HHUS) and Mammography (MG).International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- A pragmatic approach to tackle the rising burden of breast cancer through prevention & early detection in countries 'in transition'.The Indian journal of medical research · 2020Review
- Automatic breast ultrasound: state of the art and future perspectives.Ecancermedicalscience · 2020Review
- Diagnostic value of an automated breast volume scanner compared with a hand-held ultrasound: a meta-analysis.Gland surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe automated breast ultrasound system (ABUS) is a potential method for breast cancer detection; however, its diagnostic performance remains unclear. We conducted a hospital-based multicenter diagnostic study to evaluate the clinical performance of the ABUS for breast cancer detection by comparing it to handheld ultrasound (HHUS) and mammography (MG).
methodsEligible participants underwent HHUS and ABUS testing; women aged 40-69 years additionally underwent MG. Images were interpreted using the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS). Women in the BI-RADS categories 1-2 were considered negative. Women classified as BI-RADS 3 underwent magnetic resonance imaging to distinguish true- and false-negative results. Core aspiration or surgical biopsy was performed in women classified as BI-RADS 4-5, followed by a pathological diagnosis. Kappa values and agreement rates were calculated between ABUS, HHUS and MG.
resultsA total of 1,973 women were included in the final analysis. Of these, 1,353 (68.6%) and 620 (31.4%) were classified as BI-RADS categories 1-3 and 4-5, respectively. In the older age group, the agreement rate and Kappa value between the ABUS and HHUS were 94.0% and 0.860 (P<0.001), respectively; they were 89.2% and 0.735 (P<0.001) between the ABUS and MG, respectively. Regarding consistency between imaging and pathology results, 78.6% of women classified as BI-RADS 4-5 based on the ABUS were diagnosed with precancerous lesions or cancer; which was 7.2% higher than that of women based on HHUS. For BI-RADS 1-2, the false-negative rates of the ABUS and HHUS were almost identical and were much lower than those of MG.
conclusionsWe observed a good diagnostic reliability for the ABUS. Considering its performance for breast cancer detection in women with high-density breasts and its lower operator dependence, the ABUS is a promising option for breast cancer detection in China.
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