Clinical Study

CEUS Helps to Rerate Small Breast Tumors of BI-RADS Category 3 and Category 4

Table 6

Ultrasound diagnostic study of BI-RADS classification in US and CEUS.

ā€‰Sensitivity %Specificity %Positive likelihood ratio Negative likelihood ratio Youden index %Accuracy %PPV %NPV %

BI-RADS category 70.0 92.1 8.980.330.62 86.0 77.8 88.8
Range of enhancement 80.0 92.1 10.27 0.22 0.72 88.8 80.0 92.2
Type of enhancement 80.0 80.54.11 0.250.61 80.4 61.591.2
Strengthening of enhancement 90.0 87.4 7.120.110.77 88.071.196.2
Enhancement pattern 90.0 83.1 5.33 0.120.7385.167.595.5

PPV: positive predictive value and NPV: negative predictive value.