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Diagnostic Performance of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Elastography for the Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Superficial Lymph Nodes: A Meta‐analysis
Author(s) -
Li Jun,
Chen Ming,
Cao Chunli,
Zhou LiQiang,
Li ShuGang,
Ge ZongKai,
Zhang WeiHong,
Xu JianWei,
Cui XinWu,
Dietrich Christoph F.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.15096
Subject(s) - medicine , elastography , acoustic radiation force , impulse (physics) , lymph , cutoff , radiology , lymph node , nuclear medicine , ultrasound , biomedical engineering , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics
To estimate the diagnostic performance of acoustic radiation force impulse elastography in distinguishing between benign and malignant superficial lymph nodes, relevant articles published before October 31, 2018, in China and other countries were used. Conclusively, a total of 18 articles were analyzed. Sixteen studies used Virtual Touch tissue quantification (Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen, Germany), and 4 studies used Virtual Touch tissue imaging (Siemens Healthineers). After a meta‐analysis, it was found that acoustic radiation force impulse elastography is an efficient method for detecting superficial lymph nodes. In addition, if the cutoff value for the shear wave velocity were less than 2.85 m/s, the summary sensitivity would increase, and the heterogeneity would be reduced.