Semi-Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Breast Ultrasound Elastography in Differentiating Between Malignant and Benign Lesions
| Autor: | Kartini Rahmat, Suraya Aziz, Gek Choo Gan, Mohammad Nazri Mohd-Shah, Rohaizak Muhammad, Nurazidawati Abdul Halim, Sridharan Radhika, Nani Harlina Mohd Latar, Anushya Vijayananthan, Caroline Judy Westerhout, Saladina Jaszle, Sharifah Majedah Idrus Alhabshi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Acoustics and Ultrasonics Breast imaging Biophysics Breast Neoplasms Malignancy Sensitivity and Specificity Pattern Recognition Automated Diagnosis Differential Young Adult Image Interpretation Computer-Assisted Biopsy Carcinoma medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Prospective cohort study Breast ultrasound Aged Observer Variation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Ultrasound Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged Image Enhancement medicine.disease Elasticity Imaging Techniques Female Elastography Radiology business Algorithms Mammography |
| Zdroj: | Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 39:568-578 |
| ISSN: | 0301-5629 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of qualitative and semi-quantitative assessment of ultrasound elastography in differentiating between benign and malignant breast lesions. This prospective study was conducted in two tertiary medical centers. Consecutive B-mode ultrasound and real-time elastographic images were obtained for 67 malignant and 101 benign breast lesions in 168 women. Four experienced radiologists analyzed B-mode ultrasound alone and B-mode ultrasound combined with elastography independently. Conventional ultrasound findings were classified according to the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System classification. The elastographic assessment was based on qualitative and semi-quantitative parameters (i.e., strain pattern, width ratio, strain ratio). The sensitivity and specificity of combined elastography and conventional ultrasound were significantly higher than that of conventional ultrasound alone. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value was 97%, 61.4%, 62.5% and 96.8%, respectively, for conventional ultrasound and 100%, 93%, 99% and 90%, respectively, for combined technique. The semi-quantitative assessment with strain ratio and width ratio in elastography were the most useful parameters in differentiating between benign and malignant breast lesions. Cut-off point values for width ratio of more than 1.1 and strain ratio of more than 5.6 showed a high predictive value of malignancy with specificities of 84% and 76%, respectively (p < 0.001). This combined technique also had the best results in detecting carcinoma and could reduce the need of unnecessary biopsy for benign lesions with indeterminate or equivocal features. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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