Open AccessDiagnostic Potential of Strain Ratio Measurement and a 5 Point Scoring Method for Detection of Breast Cancer: Chinese Experience
Author(s) -
Shyam Sundar Parajuly,
Peng Yu Lan,
Ma Yun,
Yang Gang,
Hua Zhuang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of cancer prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2476-762X
pISSN - 1513-7368
DOI - 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.4.1447
Subject(s) - medicine , receiver operating characteristic , area under the curve , radiology , differential diagnosis , elastography , cutoff , confidence interval , diagnostic accuracy , gold standard (test) , nuclear medicine , breast cancer , biopsy , cancer , ultrasound , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics
To evaluate the differential diagnostic potential of lesion stiffness assessed by the sonoelastographic strain index ratio (SR) and elastographic color scoring system (UE) for breast lesions.