PURPOSE: To compare the addition of diagnostic strain elastography (SE) and shear wave elastography (SWE) values to the conventional B-mode ultrasonography in differentiating between benign and malignant breast masses by qualitative and quantitative assessments. MATERIALS AND METHODS: B-mode ultrasound, SE, and SWE were simultaneously performed using one ultrasound system in 148 breast masses; 88 of them were malignant. The breast imaging reporting and data system category in the B-mode, Tsukuba score (SETsu), Fat-Lesion-Ratio (SEFLR) in SE, and five-point color assessment (SWEcol) and elasticity values (SWEela) in SWE were assessed. The results were compared using the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC). RESULT: The AUC for B-mode and each elastography were similar (B-mode, 0.889; SETsu, 0.885; SEFLR, 0.875; SWEcol, 0.881; SWEela, 0.885; P > 0.05). The combined sets between B-mode and either of the elastography technique showed good diagnostic performance (B-mode + SETsu, 0.903; B-mode + SEFLR, 0.909; B-mode + SWEcol, 0.919; B-mode + SWEela, 0.914). B-mode + SWEcol and B-mode + SWEela showed a higher AUC than B-mode alone (P = 0.026 and 0.029), and B-mode + SETsu and B-mode + SEFLR showed comparable AUC to B-mode alone (P = 0.196 and 0.085). There was no significant difference between qualitative and quantitative assessments for the combined sets of B-mode and elastography (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: The addition of both SE and SWE to B-mode ultrasound improved the diagnostic performance with increased AUC, and especially SWE was more useful than SE, and no significant difference was found between qualitative and quantitative assessments.
PURPOSE: To compare the addition of diagnostic strain elastography (SE) and shear wave elastography (SWE) values to the conventional B-mode ultrasonography in differentiating between benign and malignant breast masses by qualitative and quantitative assessments. MATERIALS AND METHODS: B-mode ultrasound, SE, and SWE were simultaneously performed using one ultrasound system in 148 breast masses; 88 of them were malignant. The breast imaging reporting and data system category in the B-mode, Tsukuba score (SETsu), Fat-Lesion-Ratio (SEFLR) in SE, and five-point color assessment (SWEcol) and elasticity values (SWEela) in SWE were assessed. The results were compared using the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC). RESULT: The AUC for B-mode and each elastography were similar (B-mode, 0.889; SETsu, 0.885; SEFLR, 0.875; SWEcol, 0.881; SWEela, 0.885; P > 0.05). The combined sets between B-mode and either of the elastography technique showed good diagnostic performance (B-mode + SETsu, 0.903; B-mode + SEFLR, 0.909; B-mode + SWEcol, 0.919; B-mode + SWEela, 0.914). B-mode + SWEcol and B-mode + SWEela showed a higher AUC than B-mode alone (P = 0.026 and 0.029), and B-mode + SETsu and B-mode + SEFLR showed comparable AUC to B-mode alone (P = 0.196 and 0.085). There was no significant difference between qualitative and quantitative assessments for the combined sets of B-mode and elastography (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: The addition of both SE and SWE to B-mode ultrasound improved the diagnostic performance with increased AUC, and especially SWE was more useful than SE, and no significant difference was found between qualitative and quantitative assessments.
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Breast imaging; Elastography; Shear wave elastography; Strain elastography; Ultrasound
Authors: Ekaterina V Gubarkova; Aleksander A Sovetsky; Dmitry A Vorontsov; Pavel A Buday; Marina A Sirotkina; Anton A Plekhanov; Sergey S Kuznetsov; Aleksander L Matveyev; Lev A Matveev; Sergey V Gamayunov; Alexey Y Vorontsov; Vladimir Y Zaitsev; Natalia D Gladkova Journal: Biomed Opt Express Date: 2022-04-21 Impact factor: 3.562
Authors: Hale Turnaoğlu; Kemal Murat Haberal; Serdar Arslan; Meriç Yavuz Çolak; Funda Ulu Öztürk; Nihal Uslu Journal: Turk J Med Sci Date: 2021-04-30 Impact factor: 0.973