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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Breast biopsy"”.
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Needle Localization for Breast Biopsy: The Patient's Experience
<p>The needle localization procedure for breast biopsy (NLP) can be painful and distressing for some women. This study was carried out to learn what factors might increase or decrease NLP pain and distress, and to gain insight into possible interventions to make the procedure more comfortable for …
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Development of hybrid force-position controller for ultrasound-guided breast biopsy robotic system
Conventional ultrasound-guided breast biopsy (UGBB) procedure is commonly performed to assess abnormal masses within the breast. It requires a radiologist to handle multiple devices at once, which could reduce the abilities in performing such procedure resulting in radiologist’s fatigue, …
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A Controlled Breathing Intervention for Women Undergoing MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
… medical procedures. The outpatient MRI-guided breast biopsy is one setting where patients may particularly benefit from breathing interventions for pain. To date, however, no studies have examined interventions for pain reduction in this setting. This randomized controlled pilot study assessed …
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Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Teleoperated Master-Slave Surgical System for Breast Biopsy under Continuous MRI Guidance
… potentially assist the physician in performing breast biopsy with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible robotic system. MRI provides superior soft-tissue contrast compared to other imaging modalities such as computed tomography or ultrasound and is used for both diagnostic and …
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Exploring the Use of Social Network Analysis On Physician Networks Created from Medicare Data through Studying the Use of Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy Among Physicians: Descriptions, Regressions, and Network Models
… main context being the use of minimally invasive breast biopsy among physicians in Texas, our aims were to assess whether network structure, as identified by SNA, and measures derived from these networks, are useful as supplements to standard statistical models such as hierarchical regression. …
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The Impact of Breast Cancer Screening on Sleep, Affect, and Immune Functioning
… decades in terms of diagnosis and treatment, breast cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer in American women and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality for women in the United States. Although the benefits of early detection of breast cancer have been clearly …
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Predictors of Distress during the Breast Diagnostic Period
Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide (Warner, 2011). Mortality from breast cancer in the United States has been decreasing in part due to advances in therapy and the detection of the disease at earlier stages. As a …
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ΑΝΟΣΟΙΣΤΟΧΗΜΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΤΑΝΟΜΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΚΚΡΙΤΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΝΤΑ (SC) ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΟΣΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΝΩΝ IGA, IGG, IGM ΣΕ ΝΕΟΠΛΑΣΜΑΤΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΗ ΝΕΟΠΛΑΣΜΑΤΙΚΕΣ ΠΑΘΗΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΣΤΟΥ
… OF SECRETORY COMPONENT, IGA, IGG AND IGM IN 200 BREAST BIOPSY SPECIMENS, INCLUDING 10 NORMAL BREAST TISSUES, 90 BENIGN LESIONS AND 100 PRIMARY CARCINOMAS, WERE STUDIED BY THE PEROXIDASE- ANTIPEROXIDASE (PAP) METHOD. THE FUNCTIONING SECRETORY IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS CONFIRMED IN ALL CASES OFNORMAL …
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Automated detection of breast cancer using SAXS data and wavelet features
… overarching goal of this project was to improve breast cancer screening protocols first by collecting small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) images from breast biopsy tissue, and second, by applying pattern recognition techniques as a semi-automatic screen. Wavelet based features were generated from …
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Expression of Leukemia/Lymphoma Related Factor (LRF) in Human Breast Carcinoma
… The functional expression of LRF in human breast carcinoma has not been confirmed. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of LRF and propose a mechanism for its function in human breast carcinoma. |The expression of LRF mRNA transcripts and protein in human breast biopsy …
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Quantitative Ultrasound Characterization and Monitoring of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
… techniques were developed to characterize breast tumours and detect early changes correlated to response. In the first study, tumour cell death was induced in human breast cancer tumour-bearing mice, using human mimicking chemotherapy drugs. Treatment-related changes in quantitative …
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Design and development of systems and methods for interventional surgical robot
… procedure using guidewire/catheter and needle biopsy procedures are two common surgeries that are performed interventionally using image guidance. Inadequate visual and force feedback, while navigating surgical tools during endovascular (guidewire/catheter) procedures, elevates the risk of …
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Mammographic breast density as a mediator and surrogate marker for breast cancer risk
… have a four to six-fold increased risk of breast cancer when compared to the ones with the least dense breasts. Mammographic breast density has also been associated with a wide array of factors related to the risk of breast cancer including age, menopausal status, age at first live birth, …
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Application of beam shaping in second-harmonic generation microscopy
… tendon and randomly aligned, sparsely populated breast biopsy tissue, the effects of vignetting on quantitative SHG imaging are compared for a Gaussian beam and an FTB. This work emphasizes the utility of an FTB illumination for quantitative SHG imaging of fast, dynamic biological processes.
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Fabrication of Ultrasound Transducers and Arrays Integrated within Needles for Imaging Guidance and Diagnosis
… superficial high frequency imaging, the use of a biopsy needle with an integrated transducer that is capable of minimally invasive and high-resolution ultrasound imaging is proposed. Such a design would overcome the compromise between resolution and penetration depth which is associated with the …
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Ultrasound-based functionalized biopsy markers for lesion tracking through neoadjuvant systemic therapy
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Smart Surgical Needle Actuated by Shape Memory Alloys for Percutaneous Procedures
… such as brachytherapy, thermal ablations and breast biopsy. The difficulty in most of these procedures is to attain a precise navigation through tissue reaching target locations. Insufficient accuracy using conventional surgical needles motivated researchers to provide actuation forces to the …