TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward a standardized breast ultrasound lexicon, BI-RADS
T2 - Ultrasound
AU - Mendelson, Ellen B.
AU - Berg, Wendie A.
AU - Merritt, Christopher R B
N1 - Funding Information:
A breast ultrasound lexicon, the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System: Ultrasound is currently being developed by the ACR. The initial draft was prepared by the Breast Ultrasound Lexicon Subcommittee of an Expert Working Group to Plan and Develop Protocols for Optimization and Clinical Testing of Breast Ultrasound, supported by a contract from the Office of Women's Health, National Institutes of Health, and conducted by the Commission on Ultrasound of the ACR. Techniques adapted from those used in the development of BI-RADS are being used in the formulation of the new ultrasound lexicon. The ACR lexicon is expected to be completed and released in late 2001 following its validation.
Funding Information:
From the Department of Radiology, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and the Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA. This work was supported in part by Contract 282-97-0076, Federal Technology Transfer Program to Advance Novel Breast Imaging Technologies, U.S. Public Health Service Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Address reprint requests to Ellen B. Mendelson, MD, Department of Radiology, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, 4800 Friendship Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. Copyright 9 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company 0037-198X/01/3603-0007535.00/0 doi: l O.1 053/sroe.2001.25125
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The approach outlined above for describing and reporting sonographic features of breast masses represents only the initial step in the development of a comprehensive system to enhance the accurate identification, reporting, and analysis of sonographic abnormalities of the breast. Future revisions, with validation of interobserver consistency in application of these descriptors across multiple centers, with feedback from potential users in the breast imaging community, will undoubtedly expand the utility of this effort.
AB - The approach outlined above for describing and reporting sonographic features of breast masses represents only the initial step in the development of a comprehensive system to enhance the accurate identification, reporting, and analysis of sonographic abnormalities of the breast. Future revisions, with validation of interobserver consistency in application of these descriptors across multiple centers, with feedback from potential users in the breast imaging community, will undoubtedly expand the utility of this effort.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034919190&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=0034919190&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1053/sroe.2001.25125
DO - 10.1053/sroe.2001.25125
M3 - Article
C2 - 11475068
AN - SCOPUS:0034919190
SN - 0037-198X
VL - 36
SP - 217
EP - 225
JO - Seminars in Roentgenology
JF - Seminars in Roentgenology
IS - 3
ER -