Vibro-Acoustography Imaging in Finding Breast Microcalcifications and Lesions in Women

In Vivo Breast Imaging by Vibro-acoustography

RATIONALE: New diagnostic procedures, such as vibro-acoustography imaging, may be an effective method of finding microcalcifications and lesions in the breast.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well vibro-acoustography imaging works in finding breast microcalcifications and lesions in women.

OBJECTIVES:

• To further develop a new method of in vivo imaging of the breast using vibro-acoustography (VA) imaging.
• To demonstrate and evaluate the capability of VA imaging in detecting microcalcifications and lesions inside the human breast.

OUTLINE: Participants undergo vibro-acoustography (VA) imaging of the breast using ultrasonography over 90 minutes. Participants may also undergo further imaging using clinical ultrasonography.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Meets one of the following criteria:

  • Healthy participant
  • Proven microcalcifications and/or lesions in the breast

• Hormone status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• Female
• Menopausal status not specified
• Not pregnant or nursing
• No condition that does not allow proper use of study imaging devices

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• Not specified