乳腺肿瘤的定量超声纹理分析:基于推车式和无线超声扫描仪的比较
Quantitative Ultrasound Texture Analysis of Breast Tumors: A Comparison of a Cart-Based and a Wireless Ultrasound Scanner.
作者信息
Alberico David, Sannachi Lakshmanan, Anzola Pena Maria Lourdes, Yip Joyce, Osapoetra Laurentius O, Halstead Schontal, DiCenzo Daniel, Gandhi Sonal, Wright Frances, Oelze Michael, Czarnota Gregory J
机构信息
Physical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON M4N 0A4, Canada.
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON M4N 0A4, Canada.
出版信息
J Imaging. 2025 May 6;11(5):146. doi: 10.3390/jimaging11050146.
Previous work has demonstrated quantitative ultrasound (QUS) analysis techniques for extracting features and texture features from ultrasound radiofrequency data which can be used to distinguish between benign and malignant breast masses. It is desirable that there be good agreement between estimates of such features acquired using different ultrasound devices. Handheld ultrasound imaging systems are of particular interest as they are compact, relatively inexpensive, and highly portable. This study investigated the agreement between QUS parameters and texture features estimated from clinical ultrasound images of breast tumors acquired using two different ultrasound scanners: a traditional cart-based system and a wireless handheld ultrasound system. The 28 patients who participated were divided into two groups (benign and malignant). The reference phantom technique was used to produce functional estimates of the normalized power spectra and backscatter coefficient for each image. Root mean square differences of feature estimates were calculated for each cohort to quantify the level of feature variation attributable to tissue heterogeneity and differences in system imaging parameters. Cross-system statistical testing using the Mann-Whitney U test was performed on benign and malignant patient cohorts to assess the level of feature estimate agreement between systems, and the Bland-Altman method was employed to assess feature sets for systematic bias introduced by differences in imaging method. The range of -values was 1.03 × 10 to 0.827 for the benign cohort and 3.03 × 10 to 0.958 for the malignant cohort. For both cohorts, all five of the primary QUS features (MBF, SS, SI, ASD, AAC) were found to be in agreement at the 5% confidence level. A total of 13 of the 20 QUS texture features (65%) were determined to exhibit statistically significant differences in the sample medians of estimates between systems at the 5% confidence level, with the remaining 7 texture features being in agreement. The results showed a comparable magnitude of feature variation between tissue heterogeneity and system effects, as well as a moderate level of statistical agreement between feature sets.
先前的研究已经证明了定量超声(QUS)分析技术可从超声射频数据中提取特征和纹理特征,这些特征可用于区分乳腺良性和恶性肿块。希望使用不同超声设备获取的此类特征估计值之间具有良好的一致性。手持式超声成像系统特别受关注,因为它们体积小巧、相对便宜且高度便携。本研究调查了使用两种不同超声扫描仪(传统的基于推车的系统和无线手持式超声系统)获取的乳腺肿瘤临床超声图像所估计的QUS参数和纹理特征之间的一致性。参与研究的28名患者被分为两组(良性和恶性)。使用参考体模技术对每个图像的归一化功率谱和背向散射系数进行功能估计。计算每个队列特征估计值的均方根差异,以量化归因于组织异质性和系统成像参数差异的特征变化水平。对良性和恶性患者队列进行使用曼-惠特尼U检验的跨系统统计测试,以评估系统之间特征估计一致性的水平,并采用布兰德-奥特曼方法评估成像方法差异引入的系统偏差的特征集。良性队列的 -值范围为1.03×10至0.827,恶性队列的 -值范围为3.03×10至0.958。对于两个队列,所有五个主要QUS特征(MBF、SS、SI、ASD、AAC)在5%置信水平上被发现是一致的。在20个QUS纹理特征中,共有13个(65%)在5%置信水平上被确定在系统之间估计值的样本中位数上表现出统计学显著差异,其余7个纹理特征是一致的。结果表明,组织异质性和系统效应之间的特征变化幅度相当,并且特征集之间的统计一致性处于中等水平。