Simultaneous comparison between strain and shear wave elastography of breast masses for the differentiation of benign and malignant lesions by qualitative and quantitative assessments.

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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Source: Breast Cancer - June 6, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Fujioka T, Mori M, Kubota K, Kikuchi Y, Katsuta L, Kasahara M, Oda G, Ishiba T, Nakagawa T, Tateishi U Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: research