scholarly journals Study of breast implants mammography examinations for identification of suitable image quality criteria

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudia Sá dos Reis ◽  
Isabelle Gremion ◽  
Nicole Richli Meystre
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Beam Energy ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Breast Implants ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Compression Force ◽  
Two Phases

Abstract Purpose To characterise the mammography technique used in breast cancer screening programmes for breast implants (BI) and to identify if the image quality (IQ) criteria available in literature are applicable to BI imaging. Methods The study was conducted in two phases: literature review to find IQ criteria used in mammography combining keywords in several sources; and assessment of 1207 BI mammograms using the criteria that was identified previously to see if they were achieved or not. An observation grid was used to collect information about positioning, beam energy, compression force, and exposure mode. Descriptive statistics and Student’s t test and χ2 test were performed according to the nature of the variables. Results Forty-seven out of 2188 documents were included in the analysis, with 13 items identified to assess the quality of positioning, 4 for sharpness, 3 for artefacts, and 2 for exposure parameters. After applying the criteria to BI mammograms, retroglandular fat was not included in 37.3% of the images. The “Pectoral-Nipple-Line” criterion was achieved in 35% of MLO/ML images. The placement of the implant (subpectoral/subglandular) or performing the Eklund had significant influence on the visible anatomy (p = < 0.005), alongside whether the breast was aligned to the detector’s centre. Conclusions Some of the criteria used to assess standard mammograms were not applicable to BI due to implant overlap. The alignment of the image with the detector’s centre seems to have an impact on the amount of visible tissue. Further studies are necessary to define the appropriate protocol, technique, and suitable quality criteria to assess BI mammograms.

scholarly journals Yoga Improves Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Henri Setiawan ◽  
Heri Ariyanto ◽  
Reffi Nantia Khaerunnisa ◽  
Fidya Anisa Firdaus ◽  
Ade Fitriani
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Screening Process

Yoga was a therapy that combined breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques and stretching exercises. The benefits of yoga in general could increase strength, flexibility, train balance, reduce pain, train breathing, smooth organ function, inner calm and improve quality of life. Several differences in the results of studies can influence the decisions of patients and health providers in planning appropriate interventions for breast cancer patients. This literature review aimed to explain the effectiveness of yoga on the quality of life of patients with breast cancer. The research data were identified from five journal databases including PubMed, JSTOR, Willey Online Library, Sage Journal and Taylor Francis Online by using the PIOS (Participant, Intervention, Outcomes and Study Design) method and MeSH term on the advanced search engine. Articles that became research data were articles published in 2007 to 2020 in the English version, open access and full text in the form of original articles or research articles. Of the 1,645 articles found, a screening process was carried out using PRISMA flowchart to eliminate articles that did not meet the criteria. In this literature review study, 9 articles were found that prove that the use of yoga interventions could improve the quality of life of patients. This study reinforced the findings of previous research which showed that yoga could be used effectively in the process of treating patients with breast cancer.

scholarly journals The post-mastectomy syndrome: the secondary lympedema after the combined treatment of breast cancer (the literature review and own results)

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
A M Stepanova ◽  
A M Merzlyakova ◽  
M M Khulamhanova ◽  
O P Trofimova
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Complex Treatment ◽  
Magnetic Therapy

The post-mastectomy syndrome and lymphedema after the combined treatment of breast cancer, significantly worsen the quality of life of patients, their psycho - emotional state. The treatment of this disease is always combined in nature, and involves elements of the Complex Decongestive Therapy, pneumatic compression, mild electrical stimulation and low-frequency magnetic therapy. The best results of therapy are achieved with early detection and treatment. Complex treatment of lymphedema does not affect the course of cancer.

Gambaran Pengetahuan Dan Perilaku Tentang Pemeriksaan Payudara Sendiri (SADARI) Pada Remaja : Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 302-308
Author(s):  
Uci Sukma Wati ◽  
Trina Kurniawati
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Community Behavior ◽  
Regulate Cell Growth ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Self Examination

AbstractThe death rate caused by cancer has increased very rapidly. Breast cancer is caused by the growth of abnormal tissue. It comes from abnormal changes in genes that regulate cell growth so that cells lose their control. Breast cancer can be found early by doing BSE, as well as by doing a clinical examination. However, community behavior in doing the early detection of breast cancer is still low due to a lack of knowledge in doing BSE. Therefore, it needs to increase awareness of the health importance to improve a better quality of life. To determine BSE knowledge and breast self-examination behavior in adolescents through a literature review. The data collection technique used a literature review method of 5 articles. The articles were from Google Scholar and PubMed. They were published in 2011-2021. The critical assessment instrument used was strobe. The results of a literature review of 5 articles showed that from 704 respondents, most of the respondents who had good knowledge were 280 respondents (40%). Those who had never done BSE were 421 respondents (60%). In this literature review, the result showed that the respondents' knowledge of breast self-examination was good. The respondents also had not done any breast self-examination.Keywords: Breasl self-examination, knowledge, behavior AbstrakAngka kematian yang disebabkan oleh kanker mengalami peningkatan yang sangat pesat. Kanker payudara adalah pertumbuhan jaringan abnormal yang disebabkan perubahan yang tidak normal pada gen yang mengatur pertumbuhan sel, sehinggal sel kehilangan pengendalian. Kanker payudara dapat ditemukan secara dini dengan melakukan SADARI, serta dengan dilakukannya pemeriksaan klinik. Akan tetapi perilaku masyarakat dalam deteksi dini kanker payudara masih rendah yang disebabkan karena kurangnya pengetahuan dalam melakukan SADARI serta diperlukan adanya minat dan peningkatan kesadaran akan pentingnya kesehatan guna meningkatkan kualitas hidup yang lebih baik. Untuk mengetahui pengetahuan SADARI dan perilaku pemeriksaan payudara sendiri pada remaja melalui literature review. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan metode literature review 5 artikel yang bersumber database online dengan penelusuran elektronik pada Google Scholar dan PupMed yang dipublish pada tahun 2011-2021. Instrumen telaah kritis yang digunakan yaitu dengan menggunakan Strobe. Hasil literature review 5 artikel menunjukkan dari 704 responden sebagian besar responden yang pengetahuan baik berjumlah 280 responden dengan presentase (40%) dan yang tidak pernah melakukan SADARI berjumlah 421 responden dengan presentase (60%). Pada penelitian literature review kali ini di dapatkan hasil berupa pengetahuan pemeriksaan payudara sendiri baik dan perilaku pemeriksaan payudara sendiri tidak pernah melakukan.Kata kunci: Pemeriksaan payudara sendiri; pengetahuan; perilaku

Pengaruh Pendidikan Kesehatan Terhadap Perilaku Melakukan Sadari Pada Wanita Usia Subur: Literature Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetti Solehati ◽  
Lu'lu N Mahmuudah ◽  
Rery Yuliani Pratiwi ◽  
Auliya Ramanda Fikri ◽  
Sarah Rauzana Putri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Breast Self Examination ◽  
Valid Evidence ◽  
Self Examination

Introduction: Breast cancer is a malignant disease in women where the mortality rate of sufferers increases every year. The importance of early detection steps to help women overcome these problems, one of them by doing breast self-examination (Breast Self-Examination) Behavior of a person to do breast self-examination is basically different, this is influenced by several factors, one of which is knowledge. Objective: This literature review aims to determine the effect of health education on the behavior of women of childbearing age in conducting BSE actions. Methods: Search for articles using an electronic database that is google schoolar, Science Direct, and Pubmed. Keywords used in Indonesian and English are "women", "BSE health education", "Women", and "Health Promotion Breast Self-Examination". The article search results were found on the Google Scholar website of 3,090, Science Direct 4,875 results, and PubMed 224 results. The articles were then sorted according to topic so that 8 research articles were collected which were considered to be representative of all research articles on women and BSE health education. Results: It was found that BSE health education can reduce the risk of breast cancer and improve the quality of health promotion in women. Conclusions and Recommendations: this study provides valid evidence that health education influences the behavior of women to make breast self-examination. Further studies related to health education can be done in more depth about which actions are most effective in increasing behavior in doing breast self-examination.

Soft Computing in the Quality of Services Evaluation

2014 ◽  
pp. 76-87
Author(s):  
María T. Lamata ◽  
Daymi Morales Vega
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Soft Computing ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Quality Models ◽  
Services Evaluation

The evaluation of the Quality of Services (QoS) has been a topic of particular interest to many authors. In the literature, many works have been developed where different models are proposed to assess the QoS in different environments. These models evaluate the QoS from a set of criteria, which may vary from one environment to another, and thus they do not always have the same importance. Considering this, there have been many studies proposing techniques to evaluate the performance of the quality criteria. Techniques have also been developed to obtain the ranking of a given service provider. The purpose of this chapter is to make a literature review of service quality models, methods for determining the weights of the criteria, and the methods used to conduct an overall assessment of service providers.

scholarly journals Improving the image quality of DWI in breast cancer: comparison of multi-shot DWI using multiplexed sensitivity encoding to conventional single-shot echo-planar imaging DWI

2020 ◽  
pp. 20200427
Author(s):  
Gabrielle C Baxter ◽  
Andrew J Patterson ◽  
Ramona Woitek ◽  
Iris Allajbeu ◽  
Martin J Graves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Image Quality ◽  
Coefficient Of Variation ◽  
Echo Planar Imaging ◽  
Single Shot ◽  
Planar Imaging ◽  
Benign Lesions ◽  
Sensitivity Encoding ◽  
Echo Planar

Objective: To compare diffusion-weighted images (DWI) acquired using single-shot echo-planar imaging (ss-EPI) and multiplexed sensitivity encoding (MUSE) in breast cancer. Methods 20 females with pathologically confirmed breast cancer (age 51 ± 12 years) were imaged with ss-EPI-DWI and MUSE-DWI. ADC, normalised ADC (nADC), blur and distortion metrics and qualitative image quality scores were compared. The Crété-Roffet and Mattes mutual information metrics were used to evaluate blurring and distortion, respectively. In a breast phantom, six permutations of MUSE-DWI with varying parallel acceleration factor and number of shots were compared. Differences in ADC and nADC were compared using the coefficient of variation in the phantom and a paired t-test in patients. Differences in blur, distortion and qualitative metrics were analysed using a Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results: There was a low coefficient of variation (<2%) in ADC between ss-EPI-DWI and all MUSE-DWI permutations acquired using the phantom. 22 malignant and three benign lesions were identified in 20 patients. ADC values measured using MUSE were significantly lower compared to ss-EPI for malignant but not benign lesions (p < 0.001, p = 0.21). nADC values were not significantly different (p = 0.62, p = 0.28). Blurring and distortion improved with number of shots and acceleration factor, and significantly improved with MUSE in patients (p < 0.001, p = 0.002). Qualitatively, image quality improved using MUSE. Conclusion: MUSE improves the image quality of breast DWI compared to ss-EPI. Advances in knowledge: MUSE-DWI has superior image quality and reduced blurring and distortion compared to ss-EPI-DWI in breast cancer.

scholarly journals Motion Reduction for C-Arm Computed Tomography of the Pulmonary Arteries: Image Quality of a Motion Correction Algorithm in Patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Hypertension During Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Maschke ◽  
Thomas Werncke ◽  
Lena Sophie Becker ◽  
Julius Renne ◽  
Cornelia Lieselotte Angelika Dewald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Quality ◽  
Motion Correction ◽  
Pulmonary Arteries ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Observer Agreement ◽  
Correction Algorithm ◽  
Contrast Enhanced ◽  
Quality Grade ◽  
Grade 3

Purpose To evaluate the feasibility and image quality of a motion correction algorithm for supra-selective C-arm computed tomography (CACT) of the pulmonary arteries in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) undergoing balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA). Materials & Methods CACT raw data acquired during 30 consecutive BPAs were used for image reconstruction using either standard (CACTorg) or a motion correction algorithm (CACTmc), using 400 iterations. Two readers independently evaluated 188 segmental and 564 sub-segmental contrast-enhanced pulmonary arteries in each reconstruction. The following categories were assessed: Sharpness of the vessel, motion artifacts, delineation of bronchial structures, vessel geometry, and visibility of treatable lesions. The mentioned criteria were rated from grade 1 to grade 3: grade 1: excellent quality; grade 2: good quality; grade 3: poor/seriously impaired quality. Inter-observer agreement was calculated using Cohen’s Kappa. Due to an excellent agreement, the ratings of both readers were merged. Differences in the assessed image quality criteria were evaluated using pairwise Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results Inter-observer agreement was excellent for all evaluated image quality criteria (κ > 0.81). For all assessed image quality criteria, the ratings on CACTorg were good but improved significantly for CACTmc to excellent for the whole vascular tree (p < 0.01). When considering segmental and sub-segmental levels individually, all image quality criteria improved significantly for CACTmc on both levels (p < 0.01). While ratings of CACTmc were constant for both levels (segmental and sub-segmental) for all criteria, the ratings of CACTorg were slightly impaired for the sub-segmental arteries. Conclusion Motion correction for supra-selective contrast-enhanced CACT of the pulmonary arteries is feasible and improves the overall image quality. Key Points:  Citation Format

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