Elastography: better results in the diagnosis of breast lesions compared to ultrasound and mammography?

Objective: Some diseases, such as breast cancer, lead to a change of tissue hardness. Real-time elastography is a new method to estimate the tissue hardness. The purpose of the prospective study was to compare the dignity of elastography, ultrasound, and mammography in the diagnosis of breast lesions. The objective was to find out, if elastography shows better diagnostic accuracy in characterising nodular breast lesions. Furthermore it was examined, if elastography brings different results in application on different sizes of the diagnosed lesions. Material and Methods: Elastography was investigated in 99 lesion…