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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of our study was to reassess the diagnostic performance of image-based, computer-assisted colour Doppler quantification under routine conditions. We used a computer-assisted protocol that quantitatively characterises a colour Doppler image by the relative amount of colour pixels (colour pixel density, CPD) and the colour hues (numerically expressed by the mean colour value, MCV) in 44 patients with breast carcinoma and 49 patients with benign breast lesions. Studies were carried out over two periods by two examiners, subsequently in charge of breast ultrasound. During the first period, the sensitivity of the MCV was 92 %, the specificity 75 %; the sensitivity of the CPD was 80 %, the specificity 81 %. During the second period, the sensitivity of the MCV was 58 %, the specificity 77 %; the sensitivity of the CPD was 68 %, the specificity 71 %. Despite measures to create uniform examination conditions, the diagnostic performance of this method may decline under routine conditions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0938-7994
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Colour Doppler sonography in breast tumours: an update.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oncologic Diagnostic and Therapy, German Cancer Research Centre, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69 120 Heidelberg Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article