Agreement in breast lesion assessment and final BI-RADS classification between radial and meander-like breast ultrasound.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study prospectively investigates the agreement between radial (r-US) and meander-like (m-US) breast ultrasound with regard to lesion location, lesion size, morphological characteristics and final BI-RADS classification of individual breast lesions.

Methods

Each patient of a consecutive, unselected, mixed collective received a dual ultrasound examination.

Results

The agreement between r-US and m-US for lesion location ranged from good (lesion to mammilla distance ICC 0.64; lesion to skin distance ICC 0.72) to substantial (clock-face localization κ 0.70). For lesion size the agreement was good (diameter ICC 0.72; volume ICC 0.69), for lesion margin and architectural distortion it was substantial (κ 0.68 and 0.70, respectively). Most importantly, there wa

SUBMITTER: Brasier-Lutz P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8220682 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature