MicroPure imaging in detecting microcalcifications in breast neoplasms

Objective To assess the value of MicroPure imaging in detecting microcalcifications in breast neoplasms.Methods Microcalcifications of 57 breast neoplasms were detected with MicroPure imaging and high-frequency ultrasonography respectively,and the abilities to detect microcalcifications in breast neoplasms of these two methods were analyzed statistically.Results The detection rate of MicroPure imaging of breast microcalcification was 82.45%(47/57),significantly higher than that of high-frequency ultrasonography(35/57,61.40%).There was significant difference between the two methods(P0.01).The detection rate of MicroPure imaging for benign and malignant breast microcalcifications was 85.71%(18/21) and 80.56%(29/36),respectively,obviously higher than those of high-frequency ultrasonography(12/21,57.14%;23/36,63.89%),and the differences were statistically significant(all P0.05).The detection rate of MicroPure imaging for breast microcalcification(26/33,78.78%) was higher than that of high-frequency ultrasonography(21/33,63.63%) in hypoechoic tumors,but no significant difference was found(P0.05).Difference of the detection rate for non-hypoechoic breast microcalcificationions was found between MicroPure imaging(21/24,87.50%) and high-frequency ultrasonography(14/24,58.33%,P0.05).Conclusion Compared with high-frequency ultrasonography,MicroPure imaging can better show microcalcifications within breast neoplasms.