METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING BREAST ULTRASOUND INFORMATION TO FACILITATE BREAST CANCER SCREENING

摘要

A breast cancer screening system having an ultrasound probe (202)that scans a breast (204) that is flattened along an ultrasound-absorbing plate (206). The ultrasound probe (202) takes ultrasound image slices from successive planes in the breast (204) volume substancially parallel to a plane of a predetermined x-ray mammogram view of the breast (204). The ultrasound image slices are preferably displayed adjacent to a display (406) of the x-ray mammogram view itself, such that a screening radiologist may elect to view the ultrasound image slices simultaneously with the x-ray mammogram view. Preferably, the predetermined x-ray mammogram view is a standardized x-ray mammogram view such as the craniocaudal view or mediolateral oblique view.