The science
Screening shouldn’t leave you behind.
Whether it’s dense tissue a mammogram can miss, or you’re not yet old enough for one to be recommended, BeSound images the entire breast at once, using FDA-approved ultrasound (ABUS).
What dense tissue hides
A mammogram can’t always see through density.
On a mammogram, dense tissue and a tumor can look the same: both show up white. That overlap can camouflage a cancer for years. It’s why nearly 1 in 2 women aged 40–74 have dense breasts,03 and why 40% of cancers in dense breasts are missed by mammography alone.04
And because routine mammograms typically don’t begin until 40, younger women can fall through the gap entirely.
Why early matters
Catching it early changes the odds.
Dense tissue can hide cancers that ABUS is designed to surface, and finding them sooner means less aggressive treatment and fewer unnecessary procedures. And the exam itself is easy: about 20 minutes, no radiation, no compression, no contrast dye.
The science behind our scan
One scan. The whole picture.
Whole-breast 3D
It captures everything, automatically
Instead of a sonographer steering a wand by hand, a soft transducer sweeps the entire breast on its own, hundreds of images in a single pass, and assembles them into one standardized 3D volume.
The coronal view
A view a mammogram can't show
From that volume, ABUS reconstructs a coronal plane, a top-down view through the breast, where small, invasive cancers that hide in dense tissue stand out. It’s a big reason ABUS detects 35.7% more cancers than mammography alone,01 a result confirmed in the 2025 BRAID trial.12
Standardized & reproducible
The same, every single time
Because the scan is automated, your results are reproducible year over year: easy to compare against priors, and consistent no matter who runs the exam.
Beyond the handheld
Not the ultrasound you’ve had before.
Handheld ultrasound
- FDA-cleared
- Designed for general use
- Generates real-time 2D images
- Dependent on operator technique
- Experience varies by facility
- Turnaround varies by facility
- FDA-approved
- Designed to scan the entire breast
- Creates a comprehensive 3D breast imageImproved visibility with coronal views
- Standardized and reproducibleBetter consistency, tracking, and fewer false positives
- 35+ years of physician expertiseEvery scan interpreted with decades of experience
- Results within 24-48 hours
That FDA approval rests on a pivotal clinical study.
In her words
Loved by the women who’ve had it.
In a patient-experience study, 100% of women said they’d recommend an ABUS exam to their best friend.11
“It was completely painless, comfortable, and fast. The appointment only took about fifteen minutes.”
“I knew I had dense tissue. Requesting this made the whole journey easier, and it was totally pain-free.”
“I felt peace of mind knowing there was no radiation. My cancer was detected early, and I could start treatment right away.”
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