WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 2: breast.

WFUMB guidelines and recommendations for clinical use of ultrasound elastography: Part 2: breast.

Barr Richard G; Nakashima Kazutaka; Amy Dominique; Cosgrove David; Farrokh Andre; Schafer Fritz; Bamber Jeffrey C; Castera Laurent; Choi Byung Ihn; Chou Yi-Hong; Dietrich Christoph F; Ding Hong; Ferraioli Giovanna; Filice Carlo; Friedrich-Rust Mireen; Hall Timothy J; Nightingale Kathryn R; Palmeri Mark L; Shiina Tsuyoshi; Suzuki Shinichi; Sporea Ioan; Wilson Stephanie; Kudo Masatoshi

Ultrasound in medicine & biology

2015

2015-05

The breast section of these Guidelines and Recommendations for Elastography produced under the auspices of the World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) assesses the clinically used applications of all forms of elastography used in breast imaging. The literature on various breast elastography techniques is reviewed, and recommendations are made on evidence-based results. Practical advice is given on how to perform and interpret breast elastography for optimal results, with emphasis placed on avoiding pitfalls. Artifacts are reviewed, and the clinical utility of some artifacts is discussed. Both strain and shear wave techniques have been shown to be highly accurate in characterizing breast lesions as benign or malignant. The relationship between the various techniques is discussed, and recommended interpretation based on a BI-RADS-like malignancy probability scale is provided. This document is intended to be used as a reference and to guide clinical users in a practical way.

*Practice Guidelines as Topic; artifacts; Breast; Breast Cancer; Breast Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging/*physiopathology; Elastic Modulus; Elasticity Imaging Techniques/*standards; elastography; Female; guidelines; Humans; Internationality; Mammography/*standards; Mechanical; Radiology/*standards; Shear Strength; Shear wave; strain; Stress; Tensile Strength

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