Differential Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules with US Elastography Using Carotid Artery Pulsation1

M Dighe, U Bae, ML Richardson, TJ Dubinsky… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To explore the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonographic (US) elastography
using carotid arterial pulsation as the compression source for differential diagnosis of thyroid …

Efficacy of thyroid ultrasound elastography in differential diagnosis of small thyroid nodules

M Dighe, S Luo, C Cuevas, Y Kim - European Journal of Radiology, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To explore the efficacy of thyroid ultrasound (US) elastography in differential
diagnosis of small thyroid nodules. METHODS: This HIPAA-compliant study was approved …

Ultrasound thyroid elastography using carotid artery pulsation: preliminary study

U Bae, M Dighe, T Dubinsky… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of ultrasound thyroid
elastography using carotid artery pulsation as the compression source and its potential for …

Thyroid Gland Tumor Diagnosis at US Elastography1

A Lyshchik, T Higashi, R Asato, S Tanaka, J Ito, JJ Mai… - Radiology, 2005 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate the elastographic appearance of thyroid gland tumors
and explore the potential sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonographic (US) elastography for …

Real-time elastography and contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the assessment of thyroid nodules

M Friedrich-Rust, A Sperber, K Holzer… - Experimental and …, 2010 - thieme-connect.com
Objective: Work-up of thyroid nodules remains challenging. Recent technologies enable
determination of tissue elasticity and perfusion using ultrasound devices. The aim of the …

High diagnostic accuracy and interobserver reliability of real-time elastography in the evaluation of thyroid nodules

F Ragazzoni, M Deandrea, A Mormile… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2012 - Elsevier
Elastography is a new diagnostic tool in the evaluation of thyroid nodules. Aim of the study
was to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of elastography in discriminating thyroid lesions …

Prospective evaluation of multiparametric ultrasound and quantitative elastosonography in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules …

V Cantisani, V D'Andrea, F Biancari… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To assess the clinical value of quantitative elastosonography compared with
multiparametric ultrasound in differentiating the nature of thyroid nodules. METHODS AND …

Ultrasound elastography for thyroid nodules: a reliable study?

JK Kim, JH Baek, JH Lee, JL Kim, EJ Ha, TY Kim… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2012 - Elsevier
The aims were to determine the reliability of ultrasound elastography (USE) and the factors
related to reliability. One hundred six solid thyroid nodules in 78 consecutive patients were …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound elastography for thyroid nodules: recent advances

JY Kwak, EK Kim - Ultrasonography, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ultrasonography (US)-based elastography has been introduced as a noninvasive technique
for evaluating thyroid nodules that encompasses a variety of approaches such as …

Utility of elastography for differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules

R Kagoya, H Monobe, H Tojima - … —Head and Neck Surgery, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
OBJECTIVE: 1) To classify the appearance of thyroid nodules displayed on ultrasound
elastography; 2) to explore the sensitivity and specificity of this examination for differentiating …