Table 4 Correlation between SWE anisotropy parameters and lesion measurement diameter (r)
Items | Emax (cross section) | Emax (longitudinal section) | Emean (cross section) | Emean (longitudinal section) | Esd (cross section) | Esd (longitudinal section) | Eratio (cross section) | Eratio (longitudinal section) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distance between mass and skin | 0.051 | − 0.170 | 0.014 | − 0.181 | 0.053 | − 0.199 | 0.112 | 0.101 |
Maximum diameter of ultrasonic cross section | 0.453** | 0.182 | 0.501** | 0.177 | 0.507** | 0.152 | 0.360** | 0.006 |
Maximum diameter of ultrasonic longitudinal section | 0.169 | 0.341** | 0.430* | 0.372** | 0.388** | 0.296** | 0.474** | 0.155 |
Items | Admax | Admean | ADratio | Adsd | Afmax | Afmean | Afratio | Afsd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distance between mass and skin | 0.256* | 0.236* | 0.034 | 0.277* | 0.142 | 0.064 | 0.252* | − 0.062 |
Maximum diameter of ultrasonic cross section | 0.295** | 0.359** | 0.391** | 0.214 | 0.272* | 0.237* | 0.121 | 0.068 |
Maximum diameter of ultrasonic longitudinal section | 0.271* | 0.301** | 0.471** | 0.104 | 0.304** | 0.279* | 0.117 | 0.135 |