Objective

This project aims to improve early breast cancer detection in patients with dense breasts using automated volume breast ultrasound scanning that could provide low-cost, low-risk screening.

Over the course of this project, we will show that a more precise assessment of breast density and breast tissue properties resulting from standardized scanning of the breast using a high-resolution volume breast US scanning system will provide improved detection of non-palpable breast cancers occult to mammography in women with dense breasts, who are younger, or are at higher risk of developing breast cancer and require more frequent imaging.

Risk of breast cancer according to breast density