Table III.
Comparison of the diagnostic performance of four types of inspection methods for benign and malignant breast lesions.
| Inspection method | Preoperative diagnosis | Postoperative pathology | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Accuracy (%) | ||||
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| Malignant (n=39) | Benign (n=47) | ||||||||
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| Malignant (n) | Benign (n) | Correct diagnosis | Misdiagnosis | Correct diagnosis | Misdiagnosis | ||||
| Conventional ultrasound | 41 | 45 | 31 | 8 | 37 | 10 | 79.49 | 78.72 | 79.07 |
| Elastosonography | 50 | 36 | 33 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 84.62 | 63.83 | 73.26 |
| VTQ | 41 | 45 | 30 | 9 | 36 | 11 | 76.92 | 76.60 | 76.74 |
| Combined diagnosis | 40 | 46 | 36 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 92.31 | 91.49 | 91.86 |
VTQ, Virtual Touch™ tissue quantification.