Open Access<p>Diagnostic Value of Elastography, Strain Ratio, and Elasticity to B-Mode Ratio and Color Doppler Ultrasonography in Breast Lesions</p>
Author(s) -
Mohammad Reza Ranjkesh,
Farid Hajibonabi,
Fatemeh Seifar,
Mohammad Kazem Tarzamni,
Bigard Moradi,
Zhila Khamnian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s247980
Subject(s) - medicine , vascularity , elastography , receiver operating characteristic , cutoff , mammography , radiology , color doppler , doppler effect , ultrasonography , breast cancer , prospective cohort study , area under the curve , nuclear medicine , breast imaging , ultrasound , pathology , cancer , physics , quantum mechanics , astronomy
The aim of this study was to investigate the sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of sonoelastography (SE), strain ratio (SR), elasticity to B-mode (E/B) ratio, and color Doppler ultrasonography (US) in suspected breast lesions.