OBJECTIVES: Despite evidence suggesting that Doppler ultrasonography can help to differentiate between benign and malignant breast lesions, it is rarely applied in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to determine whether certain vascular features of breast masses observed by duplex Doppler and color Doppler ultrasonography (before and/or after microbubble contrast injection) add information to the gray...
Background: Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide. The use of mobile mammography units to offer screening to women living in remote areas is a rational strategy to increase the number of women examined. This study aimed to evaluate results from the first 2 years of a government-organized mammography screening program implemented with a...
O conhecimento dos sinais normais ao ultra-som Doppler de cada vaso sanguíneo é fundamental na sua identificação. Existem poucos artigos na literatura veterinária que tratam do aspecto normal dos vasos abdominais nos cães. Com o objetivo de verificar a viabilidade técnica da aplicação do US-Doppler na avaliação da aorta abdominal e da artéria mesentérica cranial; vinte cães normais foram submetidos a este exame...