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Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 18, Issue 8 547-551, Copyright © 1999 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Quantified color Doppler sonography of tumor vascularity in an animal model
A. C. Fleischer, W. E. Wojcicki, E. F. Donnelly, D. R. Pickens, G. Thirsk, G. B. Thurman and C. G. Hellerqvist
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2675, USA.
This study was designed to evaluate the accuracy of a system to quantitate
tumor vascularity with amplitude (power) color Doppler sonography two- and
three-dimensionally. The vascularity of 20 transplanted murine tumors was
determined with quantitated amplitude color Doppler sonography both two-
and three-dimensionally and compared to tumor vascularity estimated by
histologic examination. Serial examinations were performed 15, 30, 45, and
60 min after the injection of the exotoxin CM-101 and saline solution to
assess changes in tumor vascularity. Three-dimensional amplitude color
Doppler sonography best depicted the overall vascularity of tumor when
compared to histologic estimation of vessel density. However, neither two-
nor three-dimensional amplitude color power angiography correlated well to
the microvessel count, probably a reflection of the difference in the
method for vessel quantification using sonographic versus histologic
techniques. Three-dimensional amplitude Doppler sonography correlated
better with counts of large vessels (> 100 microm) as opposed to small
vessels (> 15 microm). Time-activity curves showed no difference in
tumor flow at the times measured in the experimental group injected with
CM-101 or when compared to saline solutions in either the peripheral or
central portions of the tumor. This three-dimensional amplitude color
Doppler sonographic system affords global quantification of tumor
vascularity and flow that may, in turn, be useful in determining the
probability of malignancy (by determination of branching patterns and
vessel regularity) or tumor response or both to treatment.
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