Thyroid Ultrasound: State of the Art. Part 2 - Focal Thyroid Lesions.
*Practice Guidelines as Topic; Computer Assisted – Methods; Computer-Assisted/*methods; Diagnosis; Differential; Evidence-Based; Evidence-Based Medicine; Humans; Image Enhancement – Methods; Image Enhancement/methods; Image Interpretation; Medical Practice; Practice Guidelines; Reproducibility of Results; Scales; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thyroid Gland; Thyroid Gland – Pathology; Thyroid Gland/*diagnostic imaging/pathology; Thyroid Nodule; Thyroid Nodule – Pathology; Thyroid Nodule/*diagnostic imaging/pathology; Ultrasonography – Methods; Ultrasonography – Standards; Ultrasonography/*methods/*standards
Accurate differentiation of focal thyroid nodules (FTL) and thyroid abnormalities is pivotal for proper diagnostic and therapeutic work-up. In these two part articles, the role of ultrasound techniques in the characterization of FTL and evaluation of diffuse thyroid diseases is described to expand on the recently published World Federation in Ultrasound and Medicine (WFUMB) thyroid elastography guidelines and review how this guideline fits into a complete thyroid ultrasound exam.
Dighe Manjiri; Barr Richard; Bojunga Jorg; Cantisani Vito; Chammas Maria Cristina; Cosgrove David; Cui Xin-Wu; Dong Yi; Fenner Franziska; Radzina Maija; Vinayak Sudhir; Xu Jun-Mei; Dietrich Christoph F
Medical ultrasonography
2017
2017-04
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.11152/mu-999" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.11152/mu-999</a>
Elastography in clinical practice.
Breast cancer; Breast mass; Breast Neoplasms – Ultrasonography; Breast Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging; Computer Assisted – Methods; Computer-Assisted/methods; Elasticity Imaging Techniques/*methods; Elastography; Female; Female – Ultrasonography; Female/diagnostic imaging; Genital Diseases; Humans; Image Interpretation; Liver Cirrhosis – Ultrasonography; Liver Cirrhosis/*diagnostic imaging; Liver fibrosis; Male; Mammary/*methods; Musculoskeletal Diseases – Ultrasonography; Musculoskeletal Diseases/diagnostic imaging; Prostate cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms – Ultrasonography; Prostatic Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thyroid mass; Thyroid Neoplasms – Ultrasonography; Thyroid Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging; Ultrasonography; Ultrasonography – Methods; Ultrasound
Elastography is a new technique that evaluates tissue stiffness. There are two elastography methods, strain and shear wave elastography. Both techniques are being used to evaluate a wide range of applications in medical imaging. Elastography of breast masses and prostates have been shown to have high accuracy for characterizing masses and can significantly decrease the need for biopsies. Shear wave elastography has been shown to be able to detect and grade liver fibrosis and may decrease the need for liver biopsy. Evaluation of other organs is still preliminary. This article reviews the principles of elastography and its potential clinical applications.
Barr Richard G
Radiologic clinics of North America
2014
2014-11
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcl.2014.07.002" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.rcl.2014.07.002</a>