1. A history of breast diagnosis / Michael Michell -- 2. Anatomy of the breast / Menos Lagopoulos -- 3. Technology for surgeons / Mike Halliwell -- 4. Training and accreditation / Sasirekha Govindarajulu and Simon Cawthorn -- 5. Ultrasound appearance of benign and malignant breast lesions / Narasimhaiah Srinivasaiah and Anne Hubbard -- 6. Preoperative diagnosis and biopsy guns / Karl J. Sweeney and Michael J. Kerin -- 7. Techniques of ultrasound biopsy / Michael Michell -- 8. Techniques of ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted biopsy / Mike Shere -- 9. Future developments / Obi Iwuchukwu and Philip Drew -- 10. Future developments : focused ultrasound ablation / Obi Iwuchukwu and Philip Drew.