Abstract
Hand held US (HHUS) is very useful in the diagnostic setting such as palpable lump, however lack of reproducibility and operator dependency was known to be drawbacks. Automated breast US (ABUS) is designed to make up the weak point of HHUS and was approved to conduct breast cancer screening as an adjunct to mammography. ABUS is also useful for diagnostic setting as well as for screening setting. However, ABUS has limitation of interventional procedure and application of elastography and these drawbacks will be improved in future. Current clinical use and the anticipated features of the future for ABUS are introduced: ABUS screening, second look ABUS, microcalcifications detection, cancer extent evaluation, ductal abnormality and computer aided detection.
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