Journal of Shandong University (Health Sciences) ›› 2018, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (4): 70-75.doi: 10.6040/j.issn.1671-7554.0.2017.1184

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Value of VTQ and VTIQ on differentation of benign and malignant breast masses

LI Liang1,2, GE Na3, SUN Xiao1, LI Jie1, ZHU Jiang1, LI Zhongliang4   

  1. 1. Department of Ultrasound, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong, China;
    2. Department of Ultrasound, Jinan Family Planning Service Center, Jinan 250002, Shandong, China;
    3. Department of Ultrasound, Pingyin Hospital of Traditional Medicine, Jinan 250400, Shandong, China;
    4. Women Health Station, Jinan Maternity and Child Care Hospital, Jinan 250001, Shandong, China
  • Published:2022-09-27

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Abstract: Objective To compare the diagnostic value of two elastography techniques, virtual touch tissue quantification(VTQ)and virtual touch tissue imaging quantification(VTIQ), in differentiating benign breast masses from malignant ones. Methods A total of 102 patients in Qilu Hospital of Shandong University with 136 nodules were evaluated by conventional ultrasound, VTQ and VTIQ. Shear wave velocities(SWVs)of breast masses were measured by VTQ and VTIQ. The receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves of VTQ SWVVTQ and VTIQ SWVmax, SWVmin and SWVmean were used to assess the value on differentiating benign and malignant masses. Areas under the curve(AUC)of the four groups were compared. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value(PPV)and negative predictive value(NPV)of the four measurements were respectively calculated. Results Pathologically, 94 breast masses were benign and 42 were malignant. Significant differences of SWVmax, SWVmin, SWVmean and SWVVTQ between 山 东 大 学 学 报 (医 学 版)56卷4期 -李良,等.两种声触诊组织定量技术鉴别乳腺包块良恶性的价值 \=-benign and malignant groups were found(P<0.05). Of all these four measurements, the SWVmean was the most valuable measurement(AUC=0.91), the diagnostic sensitivity of SWVmax was the highest(83.0%), and the diagnostic specificity of SWVmean was the strongest(95.2%). Conclusion VTQ and VTIQ have good diagnostic performance on distinguishing malignant breast masses from benign ones. VTIQ SWVmean shows better diagnostic performance than SWVVTQ.

Key words: Ultrasound, Breast masses, Elasticity imaging techniques, Virtual touch tissue quantification, Virtual touch tissue imaging quantification

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  • R445.1
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