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Suspected Rotator Cuff Lesions: Tissue Harmonic Imaging versus Conventional US of the Shoulder¹

¹ From the Departments of Radiology (K.S., M.Z., J.H.) and Orthopedic Surgery (L.N.), Orthopedic University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland. Received November 20, 2002; revision requested January 21, 2003; final revision received May 9; accepted June 16. Address correspondence to K.S., Radiologie, Kantonsspital Luzern, 6000 Luzern 16, Switzerland (e-mail: klaus.strobel@ksl.ch).

PURPOSE: To compare tissue harmonic imaging (THI) of the shoulder with conventional ultrasonography (US) in patients suspected of having rotator cuff lesions.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: THI and conventional US images were obtained in 50 patients suspected of having rotator cuff lesions. Images were graded for visibility of acromioclavicular (AC) joint surfaces and rotator cuff tendon contours and substances: Grade 1 meant poor; grade 2, moderate; and grade 3, good visibility. Accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the diagnosis of AC joint osteoarthritis and accuracy of the diagnosis and rates of underestimation and overestimation of the extent of rotator cuff tears were evaluated. Visibility grade differences were evaluated with the Wilcoxon signed rank test. The McNemar test was used to assess differences in diagnoses. Magnetic resonance (MR) arthrography was the reference standard.

RESULTS: Mean visibility grades for readers 1 and 2, respectively, were as follows: for AC joint bone surfaces, 2.1 and 2.0 with THI and 1.7 (P = .010) and 1.7 (P = .16) with conventional US; for AC joint capsule surfaces, 2.2 and 1.9 with THI and 1.8 (P = .005) and 1.8 (P = .34) with US; for supraspinatus tendon contour, 2.6 and 2.2 with THI and 2.1 (P = .001) and 1.9 (P = .055) with US; for supraspinatus tendon substance, 2.2 and 1.9 with THI and 2.0 (P = .036) and 1.7 (P = .070) with US; for subscapularis tendon contour, 2.4 and 2.1 with THI and 2.2 (P = .07) and 2.0 (P = .25) with US; and for subscapularis tendon substance, 1.8 and 1.7 with THI and 2.0 (P = .86) and 1.7 (P = .91) with US. Diagnostic accuracies for the supraspinatus tendon for readers 1 and 2, respectively, were 84% and 74% with THI and 86% and 70% with US (P > .99 for both readers). Corresponding values for the subscapularis tendon were 78% and 72% with THI and 64% (P = .27) and 52% (P = .006) with US.

CONCLUSION: Joint and tendon surface visibility improves with THI, as compared with the visibility achieved with conventional US. THI is superior to conventional US for diagnosis of subscapularis tendon abnormalities.

© RSNA, 2003

Index terms: Magnetic resonance (MR), arthrography, 41.121411, 41.121415, 41.121416, 41.12143 • Shoulder, arthritis, 41.772 • Shoulder, injuries, 41.4813 • Shoulder, US, 41.12989, 41.1299 • Ultrasound (US), harmonic study, 41.12989, 41.1299

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