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Objective To evaluate the differentiation diagnostic value of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) technique to the benign and malignant breast lesions .Methods A total of 87 breast masses in 84 patients were selected and per‐formed the routine ultrasound ,virtual touch imaging(VTI) and virtual touch quantification(VTQ) examination .The shear wave ve‐locity was obtained .The average optical density of the tumor was obtained by processing the VTI images by using the image J soft‐ware .The pathological results served as the gold standard and the ROC curve was drawn .Finally ,the significance of ARFI was e‐valuated .Results All 87 pathologically verified breast tumors included 31 malignant lesions and 56 benign lesions .In malignant le‐sions ,there were 21 lesions with VTQ value≥3 .49(threshold value) and 10 lesions with VTQ value<3 .49 .In benign lesions ,there were 3 lesions with VTQ value≥3 .49 and 53 lesions with VTQ value<3 .49 .In malignant lesions ,there were 28 lesions with the mean optical density value≥202 .25(threshold value) and 3 lesions with the mean optical density value<202 .25 .In benign lesions , there were 6 lesions with the mean optical density value≥202 .25 and 50 lesions with the mean optical density value<202 .25 .There were statistically significant differences in the shear wave velocity measured by VTQ and average optical density measured by VTI between malignant and benign lesions(P=0 .000) .The sensitivity ,specificity ,positive predictive value ,negative predictive value ,ac‐curacy rate and Youden index of conventional ultrasound were 96 .8% ,67 .8% ,62 .5% ,97 .4% ,78 .2% ,0 .645 ,respectively ;which for ARFI were 93 .5% ,98 .2% ,96 .7% ,96 .5% ,96 .6% and 0 .917 ,respectively .Conclusion The ARFI is superior to the conven‐tional ultrasound in the specificity and accuracy rate in diagnosing breast tumor .
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OBJECTIVES: The purposes of this study were to determine the usefulness of transvaginal ultrasonographic assessment of the uterine cervix and to compare the diagnostic performance of ultrasonographic and digital examination of the cervix in predicting a successful induction of labor. STUDY DESIGN: One hundred-one singleton term pregnancies without ruptured membranes admitted for the labor induction were included in this study. Digital examination and transvaginal ultrasonography of the uterine cervix were performed at the time of admission. Cervical parameters evaluated included cervical length, presence of funneling, funnel length, and funnel width. Labor induction was underwent by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) vaginal suppository and/or pitocin intravenous infusion. Outcome variable was a successful labor induction within 48 hours after beginning of the induction. RESULTS: The prevalence of induction failure was 10.9% (11/101). Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curve and multiple logistic regression analysis indicated a significant relationship between the successful induction of labor and cervical length <3.1 cm. The diagnositic indices of endocervical length was superior to those of Bishop's cervical score in predicting a successful induction of labor. In patients with cervical length <3.1 cm, the labor was induced successfully with fewer tablets of PGE2, less use of pitocin infusion, and shorter induction-delivery interval. CONCLUSION: Transvaginal ultrasonographical examination of the uterine cervix is more accurate than digital examination of the cervix in the prediction of a successful induction of labor in term gestation.