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Old 12-07-2008, 09:07 PM   #1
Merridith
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Ultrasound Alternative To Mammograms

August 1, 2008 — Radiologists suspend a patient's breast in water, and then send sound waves through the water in order to image breast tissue. The device uses 256 ultrasonic sensors to assemble 50 to 70 two dimensional slices into a three dimensional image of the breast that reveals cancers larger than five millimeters in diameter.


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