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Posted by Kalai Pillay
10:48 am on 8 March 2012
Considering the growing interest in women?s health, Siemens has bundled their strengths to provide clinicians with holistic women?s health solutions.
One such leading technology is the Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) which provides a full-field three-dimensional image of the breast for the first time to analyse intricate breast anatomy and pathology.
Ultrasound is frequently used to help differentiate between harmless cysts and potentially malignant tumors. A study by the Radiological Society of North America concluded in 2002 that an additional ultrasound examination increases the detection rate of non-palpable breast cancer by 42 percent. However, for a long time the quality of the ultrasound examination depended on the examining physician because the examination was performed with a hand-held transducer. In addition, examinations of this kind were time-consuming. With its new ultrasound system Acuson S2000 ABVS (Automated Breast Volume Scanner), Siemens developed a system that solves these problems in a single sweep.?
The ABVS system is a further development of the previous ultrasound examinations performed with a hand-held transducer. Another advantage: automisation cuts the time required into half, from approximately 30 to 15 minutes. This could be of considerable advantage and present an enormous savings potential, especially for a screening program that expects a high patient throughput.
For women with dense breast tissue, an additional ultrasound is performed after they completed their mammography examination to make sure that he has detected everything. ABVS has shortened this process. What?s more: the 3D image makes it possible to display the breast in detail slice-by-slice from the tip of the nipple to the back. Until recently, these displays were not possible. Yet they are extremely helpful for diagnosis or the planning of surgical interventions. In addition, the new 3D technique is highly suitable for diagnosing women who have a higher risk for breast cancer due to family history.?
The first ABVS system in Africa has been recently installed at Labuschagne and Partners at the Little Company of Mary in Pretoria. The system now compliments the practices?s other Siemens breast cancer imaging technologies including the Mammomat Inspiration with Tomosynthesis, MR Magnetom Symphony TIM System. Now fully equipped, this practice will now serve as a reference site for Siemens for Women?s Health.
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