JSUM ultrasound elastography practice guidelines: breast

Abstract

Ten years have passed since the first elastography application: Real-time Tissue Elastography™. Now there are several elastography applications in existence. The Quality Control Research Team of The Japan Association of Breast and Thyroid Sonology (JABTS) and the Breast Elasticity Imaging Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Subcommittee, Terminology and Diagnostic Criteria Committee of the Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine (JSUM) have advocated breast elastography classifications for exact knowledge and good clinical use. We suggest two types of classifications: the technical classification and the classification for interpretation. The technical classification has been created to use vibration energy and to make images, and also shows how to obtain a good elastic image. The classification for interpretation has been prepared on the basis of interpretation of evidence in this decade. Finally, we describe the character and specificity of each vender equipment. We expect the present guidelines to be useful for many physicians and examiners throughout the world.

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