ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 1998 | Volume
: 46 | Issue : 3 | Page : 153--157
Ultrasonic characterisation of malignant melanoma of choroid
S John, H Sujana, S Suresh, S Swarnamani, J Biswas, L Gopal
Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, India
Correspondence Address:
S John
Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya
India
An in-vitro study of wave spectral analysis in 8 enucleated eyes was conducted in order to differentiate histological subtypes of malignant melanoma. To obtain the backscattering coefficient for the tissues, we used a broadband focussed transducer with a frequency range of 7-12 MHz and a centre frequency of 10 MHz. Experimental measurement of backscattering coefficient and attenuation coefficient at various frequencies was done by substitution techniques. The backscattering coefficient, scatterer size, and root mean square velocity fluctuation were derived by the numerical method, while the attenuation coefficient at 1 MHz was derived from attenuation coefficient at different frequencies. This study revealed that backscattering coefficient and attenuation coefficient, over a frequency range of 7-12 MHz, show an increase in the spindle cell type compared to the mixed cell type of malignant melanoma. Particularly, the scatterer size was significantly higher in the spindle cell group (p = 0.013) in contrast to the mixed cell type. Spindle cells have uniform and compact histological pattern which contributes to an increase in scatterer size and root mean square velocity fluctuation. The ultrasonically obtained parameters have been shown to have a good correlation with the histology of malignant melanoma.
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John S, Sujana H, Suresh S, Swarnamani S, Biswas J, Gopal L. Ultrasonic characterisation of malignant melanoma of choroid.Indian J Ophthalmol 1998;46:153-157
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John S, Sujana H, Suresh S, Swarnamani S, Biswas J, Gopal L. Ultrasonic characterisation of malignant melanoma of choroid. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 1998 [cited 2023 Jun 10 ];46:153-157
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