Sonohistology for the computerized differentiation of parotid gland tumors

Sonoelastography of parotid gland tumours: initial experience and identification of characteristic patterns

“…Efforts to develop an imaging technique that would be capable of differentiating between benign and malignant lesions have been reported in numerous studies [11][12][13]. In recent years, MRI has achieved promising results here; diffusion-weighted sequences in particular have provided remarkably good results, with sensitivity and specificity rates of 85-95% being reported for differentiating between benign and malignant parotid tumours [14][15][16].…”

“…Some differences in flow kinetics have been observed between pleomorphic adenomas and Warthin's tumours when contrast agents are used [11,20]. In addition, approaches using computer-aided tissue characterisation are regularly able to differentiate between benign and malignant tumours [13,21]. However, using these approaches in routine clinical work does not appear feasible yet.…”

Computer Aided Diagnosis of Parotid Gland Lesions Using Ultrasonic Multi-Feature Tissue Characterization

“…Applications for ultrasonic tissue characterization have been manifold in the past, including prostate cancer (Lizzi et al 1997b;Feleppa et al 2001;Scheipers et al 2003a;Schmitz et al 1999), atherosclerotic plaques (Bridal et al 1997;Noritomi et al 1997), testicular tissue (Jenderka et al 1999), ophtalmology (Lizzi and Laviola 1975;Lizzi et al 1987), liver and hepatic diseases (Lang et al 1994;Lizzi et al 1997b;Oosterveld et al 1991), myocardial tissue (O'Donnell et al 1981), staging of venous thrombosis (Kolecki et al 1995;Parsons et al 1993;Siebers et al 2004), monitoring of thermal therapies (Lemor et al 2000;Siebers et al 2006Siebers et al , 2007b, characterization of apoptosis (Kolios et al 2002), mammary tumors (Chang et al 2003;Chen et al 2002), classification of salivary gland tumors (Chikui et al 2005;Scheipers et al 2005b;Siebers et al 2007a) and thyroid alterations (Smutek et al 2003;Tsantis et al 2005).…”

Ultrasound Imaging

“…For further information, refer to Baldwin et al (2005), Chikui et al (2005), Coleman et al (2005), Mohamed et al (2005), Sarti et al (2005), Scheipers et al (2005), Schmitz et al (1999), Shankar et al (2002) and Tunis et al (2005).…”