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What are 8 types of advanced technologies in U/S?

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  1. Tissue harmonic imaging (THI)
  2. U/S contrast agents
  3. Elastography (vibrational doppler imaging
  4. Shear-wave elastography
  5. 3D imaging redering
  6. Automated breast U/S (ABUS)
  7. Artificial intelligence (AI)
  8. Cryoablation
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THI

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Tissue harmonic imaging

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What does THI help with? (3)

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  1. Reducing image artifacts
  2. Reducing side lobes
    - eg) speckle, clutter and reverberation
  3. Enhance tissue contrast
    - resulting in better images
    Improves tissue contrast
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What does THI utilize?

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Multiples of the transmission frequency

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What are 3 ways to eliminate fundamental frequencies?

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  1. Frequency filtering
  2. Pulse inversion/phase cancellation
  3. Coded harmonics
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What are weak echoes called?

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Harmonics

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What is the key to improving the image use THI?

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Better signal to noise ratio

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What increases with depth when involving harmonic signal?

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Intensity

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What are 2 disadvantages of THI?

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  1. Depth penetration suffers
  2. Dynamic range is reduced
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What does depth penetration suffer when using THI?

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Because we are using higher frequency to produce the image
- indirectly proportional

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What happens with dynamic range is reduced?

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Image is more smooth and less contrasty

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What are 3 advantages of THI?

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  1. Better signal to noise ratio
  2. Creates greater tissue contrast
  3. Improves image quality
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System sensitivity

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The ability go an ultrasound system to receive and display weak echoes form deep structures

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Spatial compound imaging

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Views the target area from multiple lines of sight to form an image that has fewer artifacts

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What is spatial compounding imaging also know as?

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SonoCT

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What does spatial compounding imaging help with?

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To remove artifacts

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What does ultrasound contrast agents usually consist of? What does it serve as?

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  1. 5-7 micron sized encapsulated bubbles
  2. Which server to increase ultrasound backscatter by a factor of 3 when performing colour or power doppler
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What can ultrasound contrast agents help with?

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Helps to track blood flow
- can help predict whether a breast lesion is benign or malignant

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What are 5 benefits of 3D breast ultrasound?

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  1. Improved visualization of the infiltration zone using the coronal plane
    - common for invasive ductal carcinomas
  2. Added benefit of tumour surface imaging not available using 2D alone
  3. Ability to analyze data blocks after the examination is complete, including rotation of 3D images in any plane
  4. Estimation of tumour volume from 3D images allows for monitoring of tumour size following therapy
  5. May reduce false positives
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What is Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT)?

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Is an advanced form of breast imaging of mammo that uses lose dose x-ray and computer reconstruction to reconstruct 3D images of the breast

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What is DBT also done with?

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2D mammo

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What does DBT reduce?

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Radiation dose

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What is an advantage of DBT?

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Identifies smaller breast cancers with less axillary lymph node metastasis

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DBT

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Digital breast tomosynthesis

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What is 4D ultrasound?
3D ultrasound with real time scanning
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What place is DBT best visualized in? Why?
1. Coronal 2. Can demonstrate the infiltrative zone which is where we typically see invasive ductal carcinoma
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What is elastography an adaption of a technique known as?
Fremitus
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What is Fremitus helpful with?(3)
1. Differentiating isoechoic lesions - eg. Fat lobbies from solid lesions 2. Deciding whether shadowing is real or artifactual 3. Identifying multifocal disease when it is present
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What does a patient do when being scanning with elasography?
Hum
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What do softer components of a normal breast do more of compared to firmer components when vibrational energy is applied to the chest wall?
Vibrate more - cancer lesions don't vibrate very much
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VDI
Vibrational Doppler Imaging
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SWE
Shear-Wave Elastography
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What does Shear-Wave Elastography?
Techniques used to visualize and measure tissue elasticity
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What happens to tissue that has more elasticity to it do?
Deform more than abnormally stiff and pathological tissue
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When a lesion shows as blue on SWE, what does that mean?
Indicates that that tissue is soft with low stiffness - most likely benign
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When a lesion shows as red or yellow on SWE, what does that mean?
Indicates that the tissue has increased stiffness - most likely malignant
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What does strain elastography use to provide a qualitative assessment for stiffness?
Manual compression
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How do malignant lesions appear on an elastogram rather than on a high resolution grey scale image?
Larger
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ABUS
Automated Breast Ultrasound
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What is ABUS designed for?
To automatically scan a women’s breast, capturing multiple, sequential ultrasound images in orthogonal planes, to be displayed later on a 3D workstation
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What are 2 things ABUS use to generate better images?
1. High frequency 2. Broad bandwidth transducer
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What are 3 limitations for hand held breast US?
1. Length of exam - 30 mins 2. Operator dependency - better results with the more skilled operators 3. Lack of well trained certified breast sonographers
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Brachytherapy
A type of internal radiation therapy where a radioactive source is placed directly into or near a cancerous tumour - radiation treatment that is given directly into your body
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What is the most common form of treatment post mastectomy or if lymph nodes are involved?
Radiation therapy
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What are the 2 forms of Brachytherapy?
1. Interstitial 2. Intercavitary
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What is interstitial also known as?
Tube and button
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Interstitial Brachytherapy (4 points)
- Several small catheters are inserted into the area where the cancer was removed - They are left in place for several days - Radioactive pellets are inserted into the catheters for a period if time each day - This process is older and less commonly used
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What is intercavitary also known as?
Balloon catheter
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Intercavitary (5 points)
- Device that is placed into the lumpectomy cavity and left until the treatment is completed - The device is inserted into the breast as a small tube and expands on one end in order to stay in place - A pellet of radon is inserted and removed after a short time - Typically occurs for 5 days twice a day - More common type
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What are 5 advantages for brachytherapy?
1. One week treatment time vs 6-7 weeks for external beam radiation therapy 2. Reduces radiation to lungs and opposite breast 3. Causes no delay in other treatments such as chemo 4. Treatments are given on an outpatient basis, so no hospital stats are required
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What are 4 side effects for brachytherapy?
1. Scarring from device insertion 2. Bruising 3. Redness 4. Discomfort
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What does Cryoablation involve?
Destroying cancer cells by freezing them
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Where is Cryoablation more commonly used? (2)
1. Kidneys 2. Lungs
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How does Cryoablation work? (4)
1. Probe is inserted into the tumour through the skin 2. Once in place liquid nitrogen is delivered to the tumour 3. During an 8 min cycle the nitrogen forms an ice ball that surrounds the tumour and destroys it 4. After thawing another 8 min cycle begins to make sure all cancer cells are eradicated
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How long does the whole cycle of Cryoablation last?
30 mins
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