Vibro-Acoustography Imaging in Diagnosing Breast Masses in Women With a Breast Mass or Breast Cancer

Identification and Differentiation of Breast Masses by Vibro-Acoustography

RATIONALE: New diagnostic procedures, such as vibro-acoustography imaging, may be an effective method of diagnosing breast cancer.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well vibro-acoustography imaging works in diagnosing breast masses in women with a breast mass or breast cancer.

OBJECTIVES:

• To study in vivo detection of breast masses by vibro-acoustography (VA) imaging.
• To evaluate the performance of VA imaging in differentiating between benign and malignant breast masses identified as BI-RADS 4 or 5.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo clinical mammography of the breast, followed by vibro-acoustography (VA) imaging using ultrasonography over 90 minutes. Patients may also undergo further imaging using clinical ultrasonography.

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Suspiciuos breast lesions identified as BI-RADS 4 or 5 and 3
• Hormone receptor status not specified

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

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

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• See Disease Characteristics