The application of 3-dimensional shear wave elastography in diagnosis of malignant and benign breast masses / 中华超声影像学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the application value of three-dimensional shear wave elastography( 3D-SWE) in diagnosis of malignant and benign breast masses . Methods Sixty-seven patients with total 96 masses diagnosed by ultrasound and verified with surgical pathological analysis were selected . The masses were divided into benign group ( 54 masses ) and malignant group ( 42 masses ) . The quantitative diagnosis was performed using two-dimensional shear wave elastography ( 2D-SWE) and 3D-SWE to evaluate the hardness of the masses . Receiver operating characteristic ( ROC ) curves of 2D-SWE and 3D-SWE were drawn to calculate the sensibility and specificity in diagnosis of breast masses . The qualitative diagnosis was performed according to the elastic color image classification to classify the elastic images of the lesions into type Ⅰ - Ⅳ . Results The quantitative diagnosis① There were significant differences in Emean ,Emax and SD on planes of 2D-SWE and three orthogonal planes of 3D-SWE between the two groups ( P <0 .05) ;② There was no significant difference in Emean ,Emax and SD of two groups between 2D-SWE and 3D-SWE ( P > 0 .05) ;③ Emean ,Emax and SD on planes of 2D-SWE and three orthogonal planes of 3D- SWE both exhibited high diagnostic performance . However , there was no significant difference in Emean ,Emax and SD between 2D-SWE and 3D-SWE ( P >0 .05) . The qualitative diagnosis of elastic color modetype Ⅰ and type Ⅱ account for most planes of 2D-SWE and three orthogonal planes of 3D-SWE in benign masses ,while type Ⅲ and type Ⅳ account for most in malignant masses . Among the malignant group ,type Ⅲ on the 3D-SWE coronal planes was significantly more than other three types ( P < 0 .05) .Conclusions For quantitative diagnosis ,2D-SWE and 3D-SWE are both beneficial to differentiate benign from malignant masses ,but there is no difference in diagnostic efficacy ;for qualitative diagnosis ,3D-SWE can provide more diagnostic information than 2D-SWE ,especially on the coronal planes of 3D-SWE .