CHIUN-SHENG HUANGYA-WEN YANGChen, R.-T.R.-T.ChenLo, C.-M.C.-M.LoLo, C.C.LoCheng, C.-F.C.-F.ChengLee, C.-S.C.-S.LeeRUEY-FENG CHANG2020-09-302020-09-3020170301-5629https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/515734The incidence of breast cancer is increasing worldwide, reinforcing the importance of breast screening. Conventional hand-held ultrasound (HHUS) for breast screening is efficient and relatively easy to perform; however, it lacks systematic recording and localization. This study investigated an electromagnetic tracking-based whole-breast ultrasound (WBUS) system to facilitate the use of HHUS for breast screening. One-hundred nine breast masses were collected, and the detection of suspicious breast lesions was compared between the WBUS system, HHUS and a commercial automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system. The positioning error between WBUS and ABUS (1.39?±?0.68?cm) was significantly smaller than that between HHUS and ABUS (1.62?±?0.91?cm, p?=?0.014) and HHUS and WBUS (1.63?±?0.9?cm, p?=?0.024). WBUS is a practical clinical tool for breast screening that can be used instead of the often unavailable and costly ABUS. ? 2017 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology[SDGs]SDG3Radiology; Ultrasonics; Breast mass; Breast screening; Breast ultrasound; Clinical tools; Comparative studies; Electromagnetic tracking; Positioning error; Tracking system; Ultrasonic applications; adult; Article; automation; breast cancer; breast tumor; cancer incidence; cancer screening; comparative study; controlled study; echomammography; electromagnetism; female; histopathology; human; human tissue; image analysis; image processing; institutional review; major clinical study; personal digital assistant; rank sum test; ultrasound scanner; automated pattern recognition; breast; breast tumor; computer assisted diagnosis; diagnostic imaging; echomammography; middle aged; procedures; reproducibility; sensitivity and specificity; Breast; Breast Neoplasms; Female; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Middle Aged; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Ultrasonography, Mammaryjournal article10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.01.009282833262-s2.0-85014431192