PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate the elastographic appearance of thyroid gland tumors
and explore the potential sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonographic (US) elastography for …

Thyroid nodules, with their high prevalence in the general population, represent a diagnostic
challenge for clinicians. Ultrasound (US), although absolutely reliable in detecting thyroid …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate color thyroid elastograms quantitatively
and objectively and select more effective features to differentiate benign from malignant …

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to evaluate interobserver agreement and
intraobserver reproducibility in thyroid ultrasound elastography. SUBJECTS AND …

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 …

Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of real‐time
ultrasound elastography in differentiating benign from malignant thyroid nodules. Methods …

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 …

Ultrasonography (US)-based elastography has been introduced as a noninvasive technique
for evaluating thyroid nodules that encompasses a variety of approaches such as …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate real-time qualitative ultrasound elastography for focal thyroid
masses undergoing fine-needle aspiration in a routine thyroid ultrasound clinic. MATERIALS …

Background: Elastography is a newly developed dynamic technique that uses ultrasound
(US) to provide an estimation of tissue stiffness by measuring the degree of distortion under …