WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 2: Breast

Barr, Richard G.; Nakashima, Kenichiro; Amy, Dominique; Cosgrove, David O.; Farrokh, André; Schäfer, Fritz K. W.; Bamber, Jeffrey C.; Castéra, Laurent; Choi, Byung Ihn; Chou, Yi‐Hong; Dietrich, Christoph F.; Ding, Hong; Ferraioli, Giovanna; Fı̀lice, Carlo; Friedrich‐Rust, Mireen; Hall, Timothy J.; Nightingale, Kathryn R.; Palmeri, Mark L.; Shiina, Tsuyoshi; Suzuki, Shinichi; Sporea, Ioan; Wilson, Stephanie R.; Kudo, Masatoshi

doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.03.008

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“…Strain images show the relative stiffness of the lesion compared with the adjacent tissue stiffness. [15,23] Strain pattern is depicted in continuum of colours as described earlier in this study. However, colour standardization is yet not present and some SE machines follow an inverse colour scale different from others.…”

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Comparison of sonoelastography with sonourethrography and retrograde urethrography in the evaluation of male anterior urethral strictures

Talreja

Tomar

Yadav

et al. 2016

Turkish Journal of Urology

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Objective: Retrograde urethrography (RUG) is the most common and preferred imaging modality for imaging of the anterior urethral strictures despite its well-known limitations and disadvantages. Sonourethrography (SUG) was introduced in 1988 to overcome the limitations of RUG and to provide more accurate results. As proper selection of imaging modality is very important for planning the treatment, various advances in this area are required. One of the major factors for recurrence of stricture disease is spongiofibrosis. Sonoelastography (SE) is a newer technique, tried in various other pathologies. In this study, we have used this technique for the first time to assess its efficacy in the evaluation of anterior urethral stricture disease by comparison with RUG and SUG. Material and methods:Between August 2014 and May 2015, 77 patients with clinical features of anterior urethral stricture disease were included in the study and evaluated by RUG followed by SUG and SE for stricture location, length, depth of spongiofibrosis and periurethral pathologies. The results were then correlated with operative and histopathological findings. Results:Overall diagnostic accuracy of SE, SUG, and RGU for the estimation of stricture location, and length were estimated 92.68% vs. 91.54%, 79% vs. 78.87% and 80.48% vs. 43.66%, respectively, while for depth of spongiofibrosis SE, and SUG had accuracy rates of 87.3%, 48%, respectively. The mean length measured on SE was nearest to the mean intra-operative stricture length (21.34+11.8 mm). SE findings significantly correlated with the colour of bladder mucosa on cystoscopic examination (p=0.003) whereas the association was nonsignificant (p=0.127) for difficulty in incision. While a nonsignificant correlation existed between SUG findings related both to the colour of the bladder mucosa and difficulty in incision on cystoscopy, SE findings had a significant association (p<0.001) with histopathology findings for severe degree of fibrosis. Conclusion:Sonoelastography estimates stricture site and length better in comparison with RUG and SUG. It estimates degree of spongiofibrosis which serves as an important prognostic factor for stricture recurrence more accurately than SUG.

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Comparison of sonoelastography with sonourethrography and retrograde urethrography in the evaluation of male anterior urethral strictures

Talreja

Tomar

Yadav

et al. 2016

Turkish Journal of Urology

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“…Elastography breast phantom was purchased from CAE healthcare USA, 3600 Edgelake Drive Sarasota FL, USA. The breast phantom ultrasound examination was performed via previously described guidelines as per The World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) [14].…”

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Strain Elastography & Tissue Characterisation as a Tool to Differentiate Tumor from Healthy Tissue

Altuwaijri

Javed

2018

JBEMi

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The purpose of this study was to compare diagnostic values of normal and effected tissues with two techniques using strain elastography and tissues characterization. This study was carried out on a breast phantom containing all human body parameters. Analysis was performed using a lone phantom to correlate a relation between the values of Strain Elastography (SE) and first order texture parameters results. For SE SonixTouch Q+ (Ultrasonix Medical Corporation, 130-4311 Viking Way, Richmond, Canada) device using a linear-array ultrasound probe at a frequency of 10MHz with a gain of 40%. Elastography breast phantom was purchased from CAE healthcare USA, 3600 Edgelake Drive Sarasota FL, USA. For tissue characterization a Region of Interest (ROI) that encompasses both (normal and stiffer) areas were selected. MAZDA software was used to carry out the image analysis (mean and variance) of the tumour and healthy tissue, ROI of 1600 pixels at both regions was selected. An affirmative and resilient outcome was observed between the numerals of normal and tumor tissues, both for SE and first order texture parameters values. After our study we suggest that SE and tissue characterisation via first order texture parameter is a reliable technique to highlight normal and tumor tissue (with respect to same reference, for SE technique only). SE and first order texture parameters (mean and variance) paved way in highlighting the breast tumors fully. It is suggested that SE being more reliable approach in determining the stiffness for breast lesion, as it produces the results with real time imaging. However texture parameter gives an objective assessment of the image with a discriminating feature of the tissue.

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“…The first elastography guidelines worldwide were introduced and published by EFSUMB in 2013 [14] followed by WFUMB guidelines [15][16][17].…”

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“…The WFUMB Publications Committee was quite active during the last years. In addition to the WFUMB 2015 guidelines on elastography (basic principles [15], liver [17] and breast [16] more papers have been prepared and successfully published. The WFUMB guideline projects (steering committee: Richard Barr, David Cosgrove and Christoph F Dietrich) on prostate [56] and the The WFUMB guideline project on thyroid [57] have been both recently published.…”

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The EFSUMB website, a great source for ultrasound information and education

Dietrich

Rudd²,

Saftiou

et al. 2017

Med Ultrason

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The aim of this updated EFSUMB-website guide is to introduce readers to EFSUMB’s wide ranging activities. The most recent are the guidelines on interventional ultrasound and intestinal ultrasound and updated CEUS Non-Liver and Elastography Liver Guidelines which can be freely downloaded. Hosting eBooks on our website is another new departure, most importantly the EFSUMB Course Book on Ultrasound available in a second edition as an eReader and an online Student Edition of the ECB. EFSUMB has been active with updating Guidelines; those mentioned above have all been revised or written in thelast two years. Webinars have been introduced and participation is possible online but can be reviewed later along with recent recordings of Euroson Schools. The EFSUMB Newsletter in the EJU promotes our activities and topical articles intended to reach all our members with the online version hosted on our website. The Case of the Month continues to be one of EFSUMB’s most visited sites and in the last few years has been translated into 14 different languages including Chinese. In conclusion, this article aims to provide an updated guide to the website educational sites of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB).

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WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 2: Breast

Cited by 415 publications

References 30 publications

Comparison of sonoelastography with sonourethrography and retrograde urethrography in the evaluation of male anterior urethral strictures

Comparison of sonoelastography with sonourethrography and retrograde urethrography in the evaluation of male anterior urethral strictures

Strain Elastography & Tissue Characterisation as a Tool to Differentiate Tumor from Healthy Tissue

The EFSUMB website, a great source for ultrasound information and education

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