Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 1.
Mean Value and Standard Deviation of Contour Difference (
C
d
),
Shift Distance (
M
d
), Area Difference (
A
d
), and Solidity (sol)
for Benign and Malignant Nodules for Noncontinuous
and Continuous Strain Imaging Methods
Mean
p
-value (using
t
-test)
Value
Type
Non-cont.
Cont.
Non-cont.
Cont.
Benign
56
.
23%
±
27
.
53% 9
.
72%
±
4
.
54%
C
d
<
0
.
001
<
0
.
001
Malignant
22
.
13%
±
12
.
44% 3
.
52%
±
2
.
12%
Benign
5
.
404
±
3
.
047
5
.
037
±
2
.
787
M
d
<
0
.
001
<
0
.
001
Malignant
2
.
855
±
2
.
103
2
.
629
±
1
.
309
Benign
17
.
95%
±
16
.
79
%
3
.
17%
±
2
.
86%
A
d
<
0
.
001
<
0
.
001
Malignant
6
.
18%
±
6
.
09% 1
.
08%
±
0
.
85%
Benign
——
0
.
532
±
0
.
630
S
o
——
<
0
.
001
Malignant
——
1
.
702
±
1
.
847
0.30
+
0.25
+
+
0.20
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
0.15
+
+
+
C
d
+
+
++
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
0.10
+
+
+
+
0.5
20
15
10
0.05
5
M
d
0.10
0.15
0.20
benign
malignant
+
A
d
Figure 21.
Scatter graph showing contour difference (
C
d
), area difference (
A
d
), and shift
distance (
M
d
) of all the benign and malignant breast tumors. See attached CD for color
version.
