Maximum elasticity value was also recorded.
Use of a maximum elasticity value, Emax, of less than 5.2 m/s to downgrade BI-RADS 4a lesions to surveillance, and Emax of 7.3 m/s or greater to upgrade BI-RADS 3 lesions to biopsy was shown to have great potential clinical impact, improving the specificity of breast ultrasound while retaining or possibly improving sensitivity [ 10].
The platelet component of clot elasticity was calculated from EXTEM and FIBTEM maximum clot elasticity values (EXTEM MCE FIBTEM MCE), which were derived from MCF measurements as described previously.
At the concentrations tested, maximum gel elasticity values were obtained when the soluble alginate fraction was kept at about 30% of the total alginate content.
The system calculated the minimum (Emin), maximum (Emax) and mean (Emean) elasticity values in kPa or m/s within the mass and in the fatty tissue, as well as the ratio between the mean elasticity in the mass and the fatty tissue (Eratio).
The present study also aimed to correlate a number of elasticity values (mean stiffness, maximum stiffness and SD) of a consecutive series of solid breast masses with percutaneous and surgical histology findings, and to investigate the accuracy of shear wave elastography compared with greyscale ultrasound with BI-RADS classification [ 16] in distinguishing benign from malignant breast lesions.
After preliminary experience with 10 patients, cut-off values for mean elasticity (50 kPa), for maximum elasticity (55 kPa) and for the SD (10 kPa) were selected for benign/malignant differentiation on shear wave elastography.
Elasticity values in kiloPascal's (kPa) were collected; the minimum, maximum, and mean values at 3 measurement points in different parts of the glands were taken.
And even if they do, it is stretching credibility to its maximum elasticity to believe they could win the tournament.
For the Tersoff potential, the maximum elasticity softening almost agrees with the REBO potential.
