Volume ultrasound:
Useful tool for musculoskeletal, breast and pediatric imaging
Volume ultrasonography has become an established modality in some specialties during the last years. The 'state-of-the-art' high frequency volume ultrasound (HFVU), presently performed using electromechanical transducers, is based on the quick acquisition of a volume data set which can then reviewed and re-processed using various display formats.Despite the lack of fluid in the muscular system, the tool can be useful even for musculoskeletal imaging, affirms Dr Carlo Martinoli, Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Genoa, who presented the findings of his initial experience with 3D-volume ultrasound during the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) on 10 March."HFVU offers better anatomical rendering of superficial structures", Dr. Martinoli said. "Multiplanar imagining not only improves the presentation of the US information but can also be used as a problem-solving technique for diagnostic benefit."