Quantitative Ultrasound Image Analysis of Axillary Lymph Nodes to Diagnose Metastatic Involvement in Breast Cancer

This study aimed to assess the potential of state-of-the-art ultrasound analysis techniques to non-invasively diagnose axillary lymph nodes involvement in breast cancer. After exclusion criteria, 105 patients were selected from two different hospitals. The 118 lymph node ultrasound images taken from these patients were divided into 53 cases and 65 controls, which made up the study series. The clinical outcome of each node was verified by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration, core needle biopsy or surgical biopsy.
Source: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Original Contribution Source Type: research