Table 1 Numeric values for perfusion analysis for Peak Enhancement and AUC for the Regions of Interest (ROI) in the center, at the margin and the surrounding tissue for benign and malignant lesions as well as for scars.

From: Quantification of dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in non-cystic breast lesions using external perfusion software

 

Peak enhancement

AUC

Center

Margin

Surrounding

Center

Margin

Surrounding

Benign

64.2 ± 28.9

96.4 ± 144.9

33.6 ± 25.2*

391.3 ± 213.7

313.3 ± 372.8

151.7 ± 127.8*

Malignant

88.1 ± 93.6

54.3 ± 86.2

15.7 ± 36.3*

314.7 ± 643.9

272.6 ± 566.4

177.9 ± 345.6*

Scar

40.0 ± 17.0

203.8 ± 218.9

277.2 ± 199.9

213.1 ± 124.5

695.0 ± 360.6

1091 ± 693.3

p

0.428

0.174

< 0.001

0.821

0.601

< 0.001

  1. *p < 0.05 versus scar.
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