Progress and innovations in multimodal ultrasound imaging for non-mass-like breast lesions

doi:10.3877/cma.j.issn.1674-0785.2024.04.013

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Breast lesions are categorized into two distinct types: mass type and non-mass type. The significance of non-mass-like breast lesions in the diagnosis of breast cancer has heightened due to their diverse pathological spectra and the absence of characteristic imaging features. Multimodal ultrasound approaches, encompassing B-mode ultrasound, elastography, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound, serve as potent tools for the detection and classification of non-mass-like breast lesions. This review examines the efficacy and constraints of these ultrasonic methodologies in identifying non-mass-like breast lesions, as well as their association with pathological characteristics.

Key words: Non-mass-like breast lesions, Multimodal ultrasound imaging, Elastography, Contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Xin Zhao, Haochang Li, Xingtong Wei. Progress and innovations in multimodal ultrasound imaging for non-mass-like breast lesions[J]. Chinese Journal of Clinicians(Electronic Edition), 2024, 18(04): 407-410.

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Zhang等^[15]	79	95.0	77.4	87.3	84.4	92.3	0.862
王伟等^[14]	103	78.6	95.7	86.4	95.7	79.0	0.902
李诗语等^[16]	44	95.2	96.2		95.3	96.1	0.976
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Zhang等^[15]	79	95.0	77.4	87.3	84.4	92.3	0.862
王伟等^[14]	103	78.6	95.7	86.4	95.7	79.0	0.902
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