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Originalresearch

Sonographicvisibilityofbreasttissue

markers:atissuephantom

comparisonstudy

Abstract

Rationaleandobjectives:Severalcommerciallyavailablebreasttissuemarkersarepromotedasbeing

sonographicallyvisible,allowingforsubsequenttargetingusingultrasound.TheaimofthisstudywasJamesHan-SuSeow1

tocomparethevisibilityofselectedsonographicmarkerswiththeuseoftissuephantoms.MBBS,FRANZCR

Materialsandmethods:Sevendifferentmarkersweredeployedintochickenandbeeftissuephantoms,MichaelPhillips1,2

includinganon-sonographicallyenhancedmarkerusedasabaseline.SixparticipantsassessedtheirBSc(Hons),MMedSci

sonographicvisibilityandneedletargetedthemarkersusingultrasound.Thesonographicvisibility

ofeachmarkerwasgraded,withscorescorrectedforaccuracyfollowingmammographicreviewofDonnaTaylor1,3

needletargetingposition.MBBS,BS,FRCP(C),

Results:Onlyfourofthesix“ultrasoundenhanced“markersdemonstratedstatisticallysignificantFRANZCR

greatervisibilitythanthenon-sonographicallydesignedmarker(Prange0.001to0.04).Markersize1Departmentof

(P0.001)andcomposition(P0.004)wereshowntobecontributingfactors,withthecompositionDiagnosticand

oftheBiomarC™(CarbonMedicalTechnologiesInc,StPaul,MN,USA)demonstratingthehighestInterventionalRadiology

conspicuityadjustedforlength.