Virtual Special Issue: Breast shear-wave elastography: bringing colour to breast ultrasound

The routine use of shear-wave elastography (SWE) during breast ultrasound in Europe has still not occurred, as adoption has been slow particularly in the UK. At first, this may seem surprising as SWE can be used to confirm benignity of fibroadenomas. In combination with grey-scale ultrasound, SWE can reduce the number of fibroadenoma biopsies performed in symptomatic clinics. One cause of the slow adoption was that, until recently, the best SWE system was only available from a small manufacturer whose machine, in the past, had a suboptimal grey-scale imaging; however, ultrasound machines that combine excellent grey-scale and SWE imaging are now available from a number of vendors.

Source: Clinical Radiology - June 16, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: S.L. Savaridas, A. Evans Tags: Editorial Source Type: research