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In Vivo, Percutaneous, Needle Based, Optical Coherence Tomography of Renal Masses
Published on: March 30, 2015
Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound characteristics of renal tumors: VueBox™ quantitative analysis
Ning Li1, Ziyue Hu2,3, Yang Liu1
1Department of Ultrasound, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan, Hebei, China.
Background:
VueBoxtrademark has been used for contrast analysis in DCE-US-based quantitative research.
Objective:
Aim of this study was to use the enhancement-mode and VueBoxtrademark parameters to further evaluate the differential diagnostic value of DCE-US for renal tumors.
Methods:
24 patients with renal tumors, including 7 benign and 17 malignant, were retrospectively analyzed.The DCE-US enhancement-mode and VueBoxtrademark parameters correlated with the histological analyses of tumors were obtained and analyzed.
Results:
The benign and malignant renal tumors showed significant differences in enhancement degree (P = 0.017) and presence of a pseudocapsule (P = 0.009) and in the VueBoxtrademark parameters FT (P = 0.045) and RT (P = 0.039). Receiver operating characteristic analysis for differential diagnosis of benign and malignant renal tumors showed that AUC for a combination of enhancement degree and presence of a pseudocapsule was greater (AUC = 0.815) than the values for either parameter of enhancement mode alone. Similarly, the AUC for a combination of RT and FT was greater (AUC = 0.798) than the values for RT or FT alone. A comprehensive index obtaining by combining the enhancement-mode and VueBoxtrademark parameters showed the largest AUC (AUC = 0.916) with relatively high accuracy (87.50%), sensitivity (76.50%), and specificity (85.70%).
Conclusions:
DCE-US with enhancement mode and quantitative analysis can facilitate preoperative differential diagnosis of benign and malignant renal tumors.
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