ArticleJournal of medical ultrasound
Comparison of Strain Elastography, Shear Wave Elastography, and Conventional Ultrasound in Diagnosing Thyroid Nodules.
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- US-Elastography With Different Techniques for Thyroid Nodule Characterization: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Comparative Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasound-Based Risk Stratification Systems in Thyroid Nodule Evaluations by Otolaryngologists.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of ultrasound elastography in evaluating Bethesda category IV thyroid nodules with histopathological correlation.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
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- Elastography of the thyroid nodule, cut-off points between benign and malignant lesions for strain, 2D shear wave real time and point shear wave: a correlation with pathology, ACR TIRADS and Alpha Score.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Differentiating thyroid nodules parathyroid lesions using 2D-shear-wave elastography: a novel approach for enhanced diagnostic accuracy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of ACR TI-RADS 4 and 5 category thyroid nodules coexisting with Hashimoto's thyroiditis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Clinical Value of Shear Wave Elastography Color Scores in Classifying Thyroid Nodules.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Precision Medicine with 3D Ultrasound.VideoEndocrinology · 2020Article
- Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodule with New Ultrasound Imaging Modalities.VideoEndocrinology · 2019Article
- VsN, a Reliability-index of Shear-wave Measurement in Sonoelastography, Is Useful for the Diagnosis of Thyroid Tumor Malignancy.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study is to compare the diagnostic performances of strain elastography (SE), shear wave elastography (SWE), and traditional ultrasound (US) features in diagnosing thyroid nodules. SUBJECTS AND
methodsThis study included 185 adult patients with thyroid nodules who underwent conventional gray-scale US, SE, and SWE. SE was scored using a four-pattern elastographic scoring (ES) system. SWE values were presented as mean SWE values and standard derivation using Young's modules. The optimal cutoff values of the mean SWE values for predicting malignancy were determined using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. We used logistic regression models to test elastography as a novel significant predictor for the diagnosis of malignant nodules. The diagnostic performance of elastography parameters was compared with a traditional trained model.
resultsMalignant thyroid nodules were stiffer for SE (ES patterns 1 and 2/3 and 4) and mean SWE values (4/17; 51.0 ± 24.4 kPa) than for benign nodules (114/50; 33.1 ± 25.2 kPa) (
conclusionIn this study, we confirmed SWE as an independent predictor for malignant thyroid nodules. However, in comparing the new extended elastography model to our previous prediction model, the new extended model showed no significant difference in the diagnostic performance.
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