What is it about?
Evaluation of blood flow can be helpful in characterizing a breast mass. When the breast is compressed with the transducer when performing a Doppler examination the blood vessels are occluded and therefore the blood flow assessment is inaccurate.
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Why is it important?
Evaluation of blood flow can be helpful in characterizing a breast mass. When the breast is compressed with the transducer when performing a Doppler examination the blood vessels are occluded and therefore the blood flow assessment is inaccurate.
Perspectives
It is important to use minimal pressure with the transducer when obtaining Doppler flow in breast lesions
Dr Richard G Barr
Southwoods Imaging
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This page is a summary of: Effect of Precompression on the Power Doppler Assessment of Breast Lesion Vascularity, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, November 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.16.01024.
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