Aplication of Ultrasonic “Fireflies” Imaging Technique for Screening
Breast Microcalcification Malignant Tumor
XU Ming-fen1, LIN Shu-zhi2a,
JIANG Ping2b, HAO Yi1
1.Department of Ultrasound, Shenzhen
Hospital of Southern Medical University,
Shenzhen Guangdong 518110, China;
2.a.Department of Ultrasound; b.Department
of Pathology, the First Hospital of
Harbin, Harbin Heilongjiang 100730,
China
Abstract:Objective To assess the detection ability and application value of the ultrasonic “fireflies”
imaging technology for breast malignant tumor microcalcification. Methods Totally 200 female breast
malignant tumor patients in our hospital between December 2012 to December 2015 were analyzed,
containing 297 breast lumps micro-calcifications, all patients enrolled underwent molybdenum target
X-ray, ordinary ultrasound and ultrasound imaging diagnosis “fireflies”. Molybdenum target X-ray in
this study for reference, detection ability in comparision with ordinary ultrasonic, ultrasonic “fireflies”
imaging technology and the combination of both breast malignant tumor microcalcification, to explore
the application value of “fireflies” imaging in the diagnosis of breast malignant tumor microcalcification.
Result Refer to molybdenum target X-ray, in terms of sensitivity, ultrasonic “fireflies” is superior to
ordinary ultrasonic detecting micro-calcification, having statistically significant difference (P<0.05);
united ultrasonic “fireflies” and ultrasonic imaging is superior to ultrasonic “fireflies” or ultrasonic
imaging alone in detecting micro-calcification, proved by parallel test (P<0.05). Molybdenum target X-ray
can reveal different forms of micro-calcifications, but only manifest as dotted hyperechogenic using
ultrasonic “fireflies” imaging; imaging of clustered and scattered calcifications are similar using both
Molybdenum target X-ray and ultrasonic “fireflies” imaging. Conclusion Ultrasonic “fireflies” imaging
technology can increase the rate of detecting micro-calcification in breast malignant tumor, improving
sensivity, especially adept at manifesting distribution features of different micro-calcification in different
breast tumors.