Human In Vivo Studies of Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography
UMASS Lowell
1 University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854
USA
Speaker:
Dr. Max Denis of Mayo Clinic
Biography: Dr. Max Denis is a research fellow at Mayo Clinic. His research focus is in the field of diagnostic ultrasound. He received his Ph. D. from University of Massachusetts, Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2012.
Conventional ultrasound (US) imaging is a standard practice in the detection of cancerous breast masses and thyroid nodules. However, low specificity of US imaging in differentiating between benign and malignant cancerous masses leads to a large number of unnecessary biopsies. Therefore, there is a need for an additional, complementary, and noninvasive diagnostic tool to provide clinically relevant information about cancerous masses to reduce the rate of unnecessary biopsies. The objective of these human in vivo studies is to evaluate the feasibility and clinical utility of Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE) to differentiate between benign and malignant breast masses from their measure stiffness properties.