The Automation of Breast Ultrasonography and the Medical Time Dedicated to the Method

In this integrative review, we aimed to describe the records of time devoted by physicians to breast ultrasound in a review of articles in the literature, in order to observe whether the automation of the method enabled a reduction in these values. We selected articles from the Latin American and Ca...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de ginecologia e obstetrícia 2023-07, Vol.45 (7), p.e409-e414
Main Authors: Alves, Katyane Larissa, Freitas-Junior, Ruffo, Paulinelli, Régis Resende, Borges, Marcus Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
breast neoplasms
breast ultrasonography
Databases, Factual
diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
mammary ultrasonography
OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY
Original
three-dimensional imaging
Ultrasonography, Mammary - methods
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Summary:In this integrative review, we aimed to describe the records of time devoted by physicians to breast ultrasound in a review of articles in the literature, in order to observe whether the automation of the method enabled a reduction in these values. We selected articles from the Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and MEDLINE databases, through Virtual Health Library (BVS), SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), PubMed, and Scopus. We obtained 561 articles, and, after excluding duplicates and screening procedures, 9 were selected, whose main information related to the guiding question of the research was synthesized and analyzed. It was concluded that the automation of breast ultrasound represents a possible strategy for optimization of the medical time dedicated to the method, but this needs to be better evaluated in comparative studies between both methods (traditional and automated), with methodology directed to the specific investigation of this potentiality.
ISSN:0100-7203
1806-9339
1806-9339
DOI:10.1055/s-0043-1772176