Table 2 Quantitative analysis method for breast ultrasound using TIC obtained from CEUS videos. Abbreviations are as followings. TTP: Time To Peak, PI: Peak Intensity, WIS: Wash-In Slope, MTT: Mean Transit Time, AUTIC: Area Under the Time Intensity Curve, B: Benign, M: Malignant, AUROC: Area Under the Receiver Operating characteristic Curve
Reference | TIC parameters | Significant TIC parameters | Number of cases | Classification performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nemcova et al. 2015 [19] | TTP, PI, WIS | WIS, TTP | 120 (B: 67, M: 43) | AUROC (with WIS): 0.735 AUROC (with TTP): 0.697 |
Zhao et al. 2017 [20] | PI, TTP, WIS, MTT | PI, Relative PI, Relative AUTIC, Relative start time | 304 (B: 161, M: 143) | AUROC (with Relative PI): 0.919 |
Janu et al. 2020 [12] | TTP, PI, WIS, AUTIC | TTP, WIS | 213 (B: 146, M: 67) | AUROC (with TTP): 0.678 AUROC (with WIS): 0.698 |