Ultrasound breast scanning. An older female patient has her breast scanned by ultrasound, after symptoms of a breast abnormality were found. A portabl
Ultrasound breast scanning. An older female patient has her breast scanned by ultrasound, after symptoms of a breast abnormality were found. A portable transducer is moved over the breast, while an image of breast tissue can be seen on the monitor. Ultrasound employs high-frequency sound waves which gives a two-dimensional image of a scanned tissue slice . In breast scanning it is used to distinguish between solid lumps and fluid-filled cysts. It is a technique usually used once a mammogram (X-ray) of the breast has revealed an abnormality. During the ultrasound scanning, a biopsy needle may be used to obtain a tissue sample for testing.
Size: 7237px × 4830px
Photo credit: © ELIZABETH SCHNEIDER/EURELIOS/LOOK AT SCIENCES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 2014, 21st, 60-70, 70-80, breast, cancer, care, caring, century, check, clinic, condition, cyst, day, diagnosing, diagnosis, diagnostic, diagnostics, disease, disorder, elderly, equipment, examination, examining, female, group, gustave-roussy, healthcare, hospital, institute, lump, medical, medicine, nurse, older, patient, people, person, radiographer, scan, scanner, scanning, screen, screening, senior, staff, support, supportive, team, technique, treatment, tumour, ultrasound, woman, women, years
