Clinical trial · Interventional
Vibro-Acoustography Imaging in Diagnosing Breast Masses in Women With a Breast Mass or Breast Cancer
Identification and Differentiation of Breast Masses by Vibro-Acoustography
NCT00627614CI-TRIAL-00018117completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: New diagnostic procedures, such as vibro-acoustography imaging, may be an effective method of diagnosing breast cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well vibro-acoustography imaging works in diagnosing breast masses in women with a breast mass or breast cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| breast imaging study | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- breast imaging study
- interventionNames
- Other: breast imaging study
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Detection and differentiation of breast masses with an estimated specificity of ≥ 70% using vibro-acoustography (VA) imaging
- timeFrame
- 25 minutes for Breast VA imaging
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Suspiciuos breast lesions identified as BI-RADS 4 or 5 and 3 * Hormone receptor status not specified PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Female * Menopausal status not specified * Not pregnant * No condition that does not allow proper use of study imaging devices PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics
References
Publications (6)
- RESULTAlizad A, Whaley DH, Urban MW, Carter RE, Kinnick RR, Greenleaf JF, Fatemi M. Breast vibro-acoustography: initial results show promise. Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Sep 29;14(5):R128. doi: 10.1186/bcr3323. PMID 23021305
- RESULTUrban MW, Chalek C, Haider B, Thomenius KE, Fatemi M, Alizad A. A beamforming study for implementation of vibro-acoustography with a 1.75-D array transducer. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2013 Mar;60(3):535-51. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2595. PMID 23475919
- RESULTKamimura HA, Urban MW, Carneiro AA, Fatemi M, Alizad A. Vibro-acoustography beam formation with reconfigurable arrays. IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2012 Jul;59(7):1421-31. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2343. PMID 22828838
- RESULTUrban MW, Alizad A, Aquino W, Greenleaf JF, Fatemi M. A Review of Vibro-acoustography and its Applications in Medicine. Curr Med Imaging Rev. 2011 Nov 1;7(4):350-359. doi: 10.2174/157340511798038648. PMID 22423235
- RESULTChen S, Aquino W, Alizad A, Urban MW, Kinnick R, Greenleaf JF, Fatemi M. Thermal safety of vibro-acoustography using a confocal transducer. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2010 Feb;36(2):343-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.10.003. PMID 20113864
- RESULTAlizad A, Whaley DH, Greenleaf JF, Fatemi M. Image features in medical vibro-acoustography: in vitro and in vivo results. Ultrasonics. 2008 Nov;48(6-7):559-62. doi: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.04.014. Epub 2008 May 25. PMID 18599102