Table 3 Calcification characteristics and detection rate of consensus-positive cells for each case.

From: Feasibility study using multifocal Doppler twinkling artifacts to detect suspicious microcalcifications in ex vivo specimens of breast cancer on US

Case no.

Histologic type

Calcification morphology

Calcification distribution

No. of consensus-positive cells

No. of matched CDTA signals

Detection rate of consensus-positive cells (%)

1

IDC

Fine-linear

Grouped

4

4

100

2

IDC

Fine pleomorphic

Segmental

8

7

87.5

3

IDC

Fine pleomorphic

Grouped

5

4

80.0

4

IDC

Fine pleomorphic

Segmental

6

5

83.3

5

IDC

Fine pleomorphic

Segmental

8

8

100

6

IDC

Fine-linear

Segmental

11

11

100

7

IDC

Fine-linear

Regional

15

14

93.3

8

DCIS

Fine pleomorphic

Grouped

3

3

100

9

IDC

Amorphous

Grouped

4

2

50

10

IDC

Coarse heterogeneous

Grouped

4

4

100

  1. IDC invasive ductal carcinoma, DCIS ductal carcinoma in situ.