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From the experience acquired on the six automatic breast ultrasound machines presented by the manufacturers, we show the advantages and limitations of this technique in this brief chapter.
In the future of automatic breast scanners expected to be growing, we present some aspects of the ideal equipment which some technicians are already beginning to develop.
This equipment must involve the notion of an ultrasound lobar approach of the breast which is the only one to allow a standardization of the method, to lay out strict examination protocols and define diagnostic criteria already analysed in previous chapters of this book.
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Amy, D. (2018). Automatic Breast Ultrasound Scanning. In: Amy, D. (eds) Lobar Approach to Breast Ultrasound. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61681-0_19
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