Professor Kim Sun-mi of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Wins Outstanding Exhibition Award of Asian Ultrasound Medicine Society
Jul 28, 2024
Kim Sun-mi, a professor of radiology at Bundang Seoul National University Hospital, won the 'Best Poster Award' at the world-renowned Society of Radiological Ultrasound Medicine 2024 (AFSUMB 2024: Asian Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 2024)'.
Professor Kim Sun-mi was the only person to be honored in the breast field exhibition in recognition of the excellence of the 「Comparison Study of Breast Tomosynsis and Standing Automated Breast Ultrasound for Breast Cancer Screening」.
Mammography is the most common method of breast examination, and X-rays are performed while standing with the breast compressed, which inevitably leads to radiation exposure to patients and can cause discomfort such as pain. Breast ultrasound, which is used as an auxiliary test for mammography, is not exposed to radiation, but is performed lying down unlike mammography, but there is a limitation in that it is difficult to directly compare the two test images due to differences in breast shape in the image due to different test postures.
Professor Kim said in the study that a new breast cancer screening method, 'embedded automatic breast ultrasound', was able to detect various breast lesions compared to mammography. In addition, it was suggested that because the test is conducted in the same posture as mammography, it is easy to compare the results and there is no radiation exposure, so it can be helpful for future breast cancer checkups.
Professor Kim Sun-mi of the Department of Radiology at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital said, "This study is meaningful in that it provides evidence that the newly developed automatic standing breast ultrasound can be easily compared to mammography and can detect various lesions, which can help breast cancer screening. We will continue to conduct research to confirm the breast cancer diagnosis ability using automatic standing ultrasound for more patients in the future."
Professor Kim Sun-mi was the only person to be honored in the breast field exhibition in recognition of the excellence of the 「Comparison Study of Breast Tomosynsis and Standing Automated Breast Ultrasound for Breast Cancer Screening」.
Mammography is the most common method of breast examination, and X-rays are performed while standing with the breast compressed, which inevitably leads to radiation exposure to patients and can cause discomfort such as pain. Breast ultrasound, which is used as an auxiliary test for mammography, is not exposed to radiation, but is performed lying down unlike mammography, but there is a limitation in that it is difficult to directly compare the two test images due to differences in breast shape in the image due to different test postures.
Professor Kim said in the study that a new breast cancer screening method, 'embedded automatic breast ultrasound', was able to detect various breast lesions compared to mammography. In addition, it was suggested that because the test is conducted in the same posture as mammography, it is easy to compare the results and there is no radiation exposure, so it can be helpful for future breast cancer checkups.
Professor Kim Sun-mi of the Department of Radiology at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital said, "This study is meaningful in that it provides evidence that the newly developed automatic standing breast ultrasound can be easily compared to mammography and can detect various lesions, which can help breast cancer screening. We will continue to conduct research to confirm the breast cancer diagnosis ability using automatic standing ultrasound for more patients in the future."
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