Abstract
Image degradation due to motion artefact in breast MRI represents a diagnostic challenge. Tumours are often detected manually by a radiologist or with computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, which utilise areas of enhancement that meet a predefined threshold. The aim of this study was to test a new threshold-independent CAD algorithm and to correlate its findings to the conventional manual analysis.
Highlights
To investigate whether touch imprint cytology (TIC) of needle core biopsy (NCB) is as effective as fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) for providing same-day diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions at our one-stop symptomatic breast clinic
We prospectively studied 426 women with image-detected breast lesions who underwent FNAC and NCB with subsequent TIC
TIC was compared with FNAC in providing an accurate and definitive same-day diagnosis in lesions graded C2 and C5
Summary
We prospectively studied 426 women with image-detected breast lesions who underwent FNAC and NCB with subsequent TIC. All of the FNAC and TIC samples were sent for immediate reporting. These were read by one of five consultant cytopathologists. The TIC results were subsequently compared with the definitive histopathology from either the core biopsy or the final surgical specimen
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