@article{Li2023, 
author = {Lujing Li and Zuofeng Xu},
title = {The Value of VTTQ Combined with B-mode US for Distinguishing Benign from Malignant Breast Masses by Comparing with SE: A Clinical Research},
year = {2023},
journal = {Advanced Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Therapy},
volume = {7},
number = {4},
pages = {394-400},
keywords = {B-mode ultrasonography, Virtual touch tissue quantification, Strain elastography},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.37015/AUDT.2023.220041},
doi = {10.37015/AUDT.2023.220041},
abstract = {Objective   The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of virtual touch tissue quantification (VTTQ) combined with B-mode ultrasonograpgy (US), strain elastography (SE) combined with B-mode US and B-mode US alone in differentiating the properties of breast lesions. Methods   A retrospective database was queried for 283 healthy subjects and 100 consecutive patients with 130 breast lesions. All the cases were examined by B-mode US, VTTQ and SE. Histological diagnosis was used as the reference standard. The area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) values of each data set was compared. Results   Twenty-two lesions were determined as malignant and 108 as benign. The best cutoff point of VTTQ was 7.82 m/s. The AUC of B-mode US combined with VTTQ or SE was greater than that of B-mode US alone (0.913 or 0.918 vs. 0.797) (P = 0.007 and 0.012). Conclusion   Both VTTQ and SE could give help to B-mode US in distinguishing benign from malignant breast lesions about elastography values. There was no difference between them.}
}