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Table 4 The specific upgraded and downgraded situation of various diagnostic methods

From: Value of S-Detect combined with multimodal ultrasound in differentiating malignant from benign breast masses

Diagnostic method

Upgrade

Downgrade

3 → 4A

4A → 4B

4B → 4C

4C → 5

Total

4A → 3

4B → 4A

4C → 4B

5 → 4C

Total

US + S-Detect

2 (0) *

27 (17)

54 (42)

23 (23)

106 (82)

51 (49)

8 (4)

2 (0)

0 (0)

61 (53)

US + SR

5 (0)

19 (13)

43 (35)

14 (14)

81 (62)

59 (53)

19 (7)

11 (0)

0 (0)

89 (60)

US + MFI

9 (0)

33 (18)

57 (42)

25 (25)

124 (85)

45 (44)

5 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

50 (45)

US + S-Detect + SR

0 (0)

15 (11)

39 (31)

14 (14)

68 (56)

48 (48)

4 (3)

2 (0)

0 (0)

54 (51)

US + S-Detect + MFI

0 (0)

20 (16)

50 (38)

23 (23)

93 (77)

40 (40)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

41 (41)

US + SR + MFI

2 (0)

17 (12)

39 (30)

14 (14)

72 (56)

42 (42)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

43 (43)

US + S-Detect + SR + MFI

2 (0)

23 (19)

58 (48)

23 (23)

106 (90)

55 (55)

4 (2)

2 (2)

0 (0)

61 (59)

  1. *The numbers of parentheses represent the number of successful upgrades and downgrades