ArticleJournal of medical ultrasonics (2001)2017
Can strain elastography combined with ultrasound breast imaging reporting and data system be a more effective method in the differentiation of benign and malignant breast lesions?
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- Interobserver and intermethod variability in data interpretation of breast strain elastography in suspicious breast lesionsTurkish journal of medical sciences · 2021Article
- Design and Implementation of a Heating Treatment System for Vitiligo Skin Disease Based on Medical Ultrasound.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2021Article
- Diagnostic Value of Elastography, Strain Ratio, and Elasticity to B-Mode Ratio and Color Doppler Ultrasonography in Breast Lesions.International journal of general medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate whether a novel method that combines breast imaging reporting and data system (BI-RADS) with strain elastography contributes to diagnostic performance in differentiation of malignant and benign breast lesions.
methodsIn 81 patients, 81 breast lesions were prospectively investigated. Breast lesions were separately evaluated with ultrasonography and strain elastography. While evaluations with ultrasonography were based on 2003 BI-RADS-US, strain elastography evaluations were based on a 5-point scale and strain ratio. Diagnostic performances of ultrasonography, strain elastography, and the combined method were compared.
resultsAmong 81 lesions, 43 (53.1%) were benign and 38 (46.9%) were malignant. When a cutoff point of category 3 was used, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and accuracy for BI-RADS were 100, 11.6, 50, 100, and 53%, respectively. When BI-RADS and strain ratio were combined, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and accuracy were 89.5, 93, 91.9, 90.9, and 91.3%, respectively. When BI-RADS and elastography scores were combined, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and accuracy were 86.8, 97.7, 97.1, 89.4, and 92.5%, respectively.
conclusionsThe combination of strain elastography and BI-RADS was found to have better diagnostic performances to diagnose breast lesions than BI-RADS alone.
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