Evaluation of virtual touch tissue imaging quantification, a new shear wave velocity imaging method, for breast lesion assessment by ultrasound.

Michael Golatta Mirjam Schweitzer-MartinAba HarcosSarah SchottChristina GomezAnne StieberGeraldine RauchChristoph DomschkeJoachim RomFlorian SchützChristof SohnJörg Heil

Published in: BioMed research international (2014)

VTIQ is highly reliable and reproducible. There is a significant difference regarding the mean maximum velocity of benign and malignant lesions. Adding VTIQ to BIRADS assessment improves the specificity.

Keyphrases

high resolution
magnetic resonance imaging
blood flow
mass spectrometry
ultrasound guided