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Sonoelastographic strain ratio: how does the position of reference fat influence it?

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to evaluate how the reference fat position influenced the calculation of the sonoelastographic strain ratio.

Methods

Three hundred fifty-eight breast masses (256 benign lesions and 102 malignant lesions) in 300 women (mean age 47.4 years; age range 17–82 years) who had been scheduled for a percutaneous needle biopsy or surgical excision were examined using B-mode ultrasonography and elastography. The sonoelastographic strain ratio was calculated twice per lesion; once by dividing the strain value of the fat near the mass by that of the mass (FLR 1) and once by dividing the strain value of the subcutaneous fat by that of the mass (FLR 2).

Results

Most (91.9 %) showed a difference of less than 0.5 between FLR 1 and FLR 2 values. Regardless of the position of reference fat, there was no statistically significant difference between the FLR 1 and FLR 2 values (p value = 0.077 and 0.0825, respectively). According to the pathology of the lesion, a difference between FLR 1 and FLR 2 less than 0.5 occurred in 95.3 % of the benign lesions and 84 % of the malignant lesions (p < 0.001).

Conclusions

The sonoelastographic strain ratio was not significantly affected by the position of reference fat.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Bucheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 327, Sosa-ro, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon, 14647, Korea

    Na Young Jung

  2. Department of Radiology, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 56, Dongsu-ro, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, 21431, Korea

    Chang Suk Park, Hyun Seouk Jung, Kijun Kim, Jung Whee Lee & Yu Ri Shin

  3. Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

    Sung Hun Kim

  4. Department of Surgery, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 56, Dongsu-ro, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, 21431, Korea

    Se-Jeong Oh

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Jung, N.Y., Park, C.S., Kim, S.H. et al. Sonoelastographic strain ratio: how does the position of reference fat influence it?. Jpn J Radiol 34, 440–447 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-016-0543-5

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