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A Cross-Machine Comparison of Shear-Wave Speed Measurements Using 2D Shear-Wave Elastography in the Normal Female Breast

Journal

APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 20, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11209391

Keywords

shear-wave elastography; shear-wave speed; radiation-induced breast toxicity; tissue stiffness; cross-machine comparison

Funding

  1. NHS
  2. Cancer Research UK under Programme [C20892/A23557]
  3. NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre [BRC-1215-20014]

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This study compared two different shear-wave elastography machines and found relatively large differences in measurements in vivo, which may impact the pooling of data across machines in clinical studies of the breast.
Quantitative measures of radiation-induced breast stiffness are required to support clinical studies of novel breast radiotherapy regimens and exploration of personalised therapy, however, variation between shear-wave elastography (SWE) machines may limit the usefulness of shear-wave speed (c(s)) for this purpose. Mean c(s) measured in four healthy volunteers' breasts and a phantom using 2D-SWE machines Acuson S2000 (Siemens Medical Solutions) and Aixplorer (Supersonic Imagine) were compared. Shear-wave speed was measured in the skin region, subcutaneous adipose tissue and parenchyma. c(s) estimates were on average 2.3% greater when using the Aixplorer compared to S2000 in vitro. In vivo, c(s) estimates were on average 43.7%, 36.3% and 49.9% significantly greater (p << 0.01) when using the Aixplorer compared to S2000, for skin region, subcutaneous adipose tissue and parenchyma, respectively. In conclusion, despite relatively small differences between machines observed in vitro, large differences in absolute measures of shear wave speed measured were observed in vivo, which may prevent pooling of cross-machine data in clinical studies of the breast.

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