ArticleBioMed research international2018
Superb Microvascular Imaging Compared with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Assessing Laser Ablation Treatment of Benign Thyroid Nodules.
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- Evaluation of parenchymal vascularity of the thyroid gland with vascularization index by color superb microvascular imaging in patients with Graves' disease.Journal of ultrasonography · 2021Article
- Long-Term Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Laser Ablation for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study.BioMed research international · 2021Article
- Evaluation of benign parotid gland tumors with superb microvascular imaging and shear wave elastography.Journal of ultrasonography · 2020Article
- Clinical applications of Doppler ultrasonography for thyroid disease: consensus statement by the Korean Society of Thyroid Radiology.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2020Article
- Reproducibility of Ablated Volume Measurement Is Higher with Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound than with B-Mode Ultrasound after Benign Thyroid Nodule Radiofrequency Ablation-A Preliminary Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo compare superb microvascular imaging (SMI) with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) for evaluating the ablation of benign thyroid nodules.
methods225 Patients with 256 benign thyroid nodules underwent conventional ultrasound, color Doppler flow imaging (CDFI), CEUS, and SMI before and after laser ablation. They were routinely followed up at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. The volume and volume reduction rate of the ablated nodules was calculated.
resultsOn SMI, the complete ablated nodules had no microvascular perfusion, while the incompletely ablated nodules had microvascular perfusion at the edge of the nodule. The percentages of the detected incompletely ablated nodules of SMI (37/256, 14.45%) and CEUS (41/256, 16.02%) were comparable, and both were significantly higher than CDFI (
conclusionSMI sensitively detected the capillaries within residual thyroid nodules after laser ablation. The lesion size and detection rate of incompletely ablated nodules via SMI was consistent with that of CEUS. SMI may replace CEUS in certain cases for monitoring the curative effect of laser ablation for benign thyroid nodules.
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