Clinical Study

Evaluation of Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging Quantification, a New Shear Wave Velocity Imaging Method, for Breast Lesion Assessment by Ultrasound

Table 3

Comparison of sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV in respect to the proposed clinical cut-off value, standard BI-RADS assessment and the combination of BI-RADS and VTIQ.

ā€‰Cut-off 5.18ā€‰m/sBIRADSCombination VTIQ + BIRADS

Sensitivity98%98%98%
Specificity68%30%82%
PPV77%61%86%
NPV97%100%98%