Association Between Shear Wave Elastography of Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging Quantification Parameters and the Ki-67 Proliferation Status in Luminal-Type Breast Cancer.

Yubo LiuYini HuangJing HanJianwei WangFei LiJian-Hua Zhou

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2018)

The SWVmean using the virtual touch tissue imaging quantification method showed significant correlation with the Ki-67 index, suggesting the potential to assess tumor proliferation status in luminal-type breast cancer with a noninvasive manner.

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