The accuracy of elastographic strain ratio and ultrasound thickness in the differentiation of thin and thick cutaneous melanoma

Acta Radiol. 2020 Jan;61(1):93-100. doi: 10.1177/0284185119849713. Epub 2019 May 15.

Authors

Alexandra S Berghe¹, Simona C Şenilă², Liliana Rogojan³, Lavinia M Lenghel⁴, Sorana D Bolboacă¹, Carolina M Solomon⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
² Department of Dermatology, Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
³ Department of Pathology, Emergency County Hospital Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

PMID: 31091968
DOI: 10.1177/0284185119849713

No abstract available

Keywords: Melanoma; accuracy; elastography; strain ratio; ultrasound.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diagnosis, Differential
Elasticity Imaging Techniques / methods*
Female
Humans
Male
Melanoma / diagnostic imaging*
Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Skin / diagnostic imaging
Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*