Fig 1.
CUSE phantom study: (a) Acoustic radiation force excitation and (b) LR shear wave speed map.
Table 1.
Correlation of shear wave elastography results with pathologic characteristics.
Abbreviations: DCIS = ductal carcinoma in situ; IDC = invasive ductal carcinoma; ILC = invasive lobular carcinoma; IDLC = invasive ductal-lobular carcinoma; ER = estrogen receptor; PR = progesterone receptor; HER2 = human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; TN = triple negative.
Fig 2.
Bar plots of mean stiffness for histological grades I, II and III with positive lymph node involvement.
Table 2.
Mean stiffness values of histological features compared to immunohistochemical subtypes (≥ 8mm).
The number in parenthesis “( )” denotes the number of patients.
Fig 3.
Bar plots of mean stiffness values for luminal A and luminal B subtypes.
Young’s modulus values are reported on the y-axis and luminal type on the x-axis. Error bars show positive standard deviation.
Fig 4.
B-mode ultrasound (US) and shear wave speed map of of selected patient studies.