ArticleRadiology2019
Lung US Surface Wave Elastography in Interstitial Lung Disease Staging.
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Abstract
Background Lung US surface wave elastography (SWE) can noninvasively quantify lung surface stiffness or fibrosis by evaluating the rate of surface wave propagation. Purpose To assess the utility of lung US SWE for evaluation of interstitial lung disease. Materials and Methods In this prospective study, lung US SWE was used to assess 91 participants (women, 51; men, 40; mean age ± standard deviation [SD], 62.4 years ± 12.9) with interstitial lung disease and 30 healthy subjects (women, 16; men, 14; mean age, 45.4 years ± 14.6) from February 2016 through May 2017. Severity of interstitial lung disease was graded as none (healthy lung [F0]), mild (F1), moderate (F2), or severe (F3) based on pulmonary function tests, high-resolution CT, and clinical assessments. We propagated surface waves on the lung through gentle mechanical excitation of the external chest wall and measured the lung surface wave speed with a US probe. Lung US SWE performance was assessed, and the optimal cutoff wave speed values for fibrosis grades F0 through F3 were determined with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Results Lung US SWE had a sensitivity of 92% (95% confidence intervals [CI]: 84%, 96%;
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