ArticleRadiology. Imaging cancer2023
Using US Twinkling Artifact to Identify Breast Biopsy Markers: Brief Report.
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- Long-term Migration of Breast Biopsy Markers with and without Mitigating Strategies in an Animal Model.Academic radiology · 2026Article
- Selection of Breast Biopsy Markers: Effect on Breast Imaging Procedures, Follow-up, and Costs.Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc · 2026Review
- The "snow globe" sign: a microvascular flow imaging artifact in cystic lesions, and the role of dispersed internal debris.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Article
- Analysis of Color Doppler Twinkling on Breast Biopsy Markers With Hydrostatic Overpressurization and Micro-CT Imaging.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2026Article
- Using 3-D-Printed Structures to Evaluate the Potential Causes of the Color Doppler Twinkling Signature.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2024Article
- Breast ultrasound knobology and the knobology of twinkling for marker detection.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2024Review
- Twinkling: A Useful Adjunct for Identifying Biopsy Clips on US Images.Radiology. Imaging cancer · 2023Article
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Abstract
Breast biopsy markers play an essential role in the surgical management of patients with clinically node-positive breast cancer. Marking a pathology-proven lymph node ensures accurate imaging assessment of response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy and decreased false-negative rates in sentinel lymph node biopsy. There is a clinically unmet need to make breast biopsy markers, particularly in the axilla, more sonographically visible or identifiable for preoperative localization purposes. Previously described color Doppler US twinkling artifact of some breast biopsy markers in in vitro gel phantoms and in ex vivo cadaveric breasts suggests that twinkling of such markers can be leveraged for improved in vivo detection. In this retrospective case series of eight female patients (mean age, 58.6 years ± 12.3 [SD]), conventional B-mode US imaging failed to identify the biopsy marker associated with a surgical target in the breast or in an axillary lymph node. However, in each patient, the marker was successfully identified with the help of color Doppler US twinkling.
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