Differentiation of breast tumors by ultrasonic tissue characterization
| Autor: | Ernest J. Feleppa, Mary Rorke, Bernard Sigel, Robert M. Golub, Richard E. Parsons, Jeffrey R. Justin, J Sokil-Melgar, Howard A. Zaren, Hiroshi Kimitsuki |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Mammary gland Breast lesion Breast Neoplasms Sensitivity and Specificity Predictive Value of Tests In vivo Biopsy Carcinoma Humans Medicine False Positive Reactions Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging In patient Fibrocystic Breast Disease skin and connective tissue diseases Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Tissue characterization medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Female Ultrasonic sensor Ultrasonography Mammary business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 12:601-608 |
| ISSN: | 0278-4297 |
| DOI: | 10.7863/jum.1993.12.10.601 |
| Popis: | The ability of ultrasonic tissue characterization to differentiate and classify benign and malignant breast tissues in vivo in patients with palpable breast masses and in vitro in excised breast tissue was evaluated. One-hundred and twenty-four in vivo and 89 in vitro studies were performed using a technique of UTC based on parameters from the power spectrum of backscattered echoes. Sensitivities and specificities for diagnosing carcinoma were 86 and 84% for in vivo studies and 94 and 92% for in vitro studies. These UTC parameters provided threshold values for color-coding breast lesion images. The results of this preliminary investigation suggest that UTC provides a basis for assessing more accurately lesions suspected of being malignant prior to biopsy and possibly for evaluating breast lesions noninvasively. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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