Comparison of Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging & Quantification (VTIQ) and Toshiba shear wave elastography (T-SWE) in diagnosis of thyroid nodules: Initial experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Ping He ◽  
Hui-Xiong Xu ◽  
Xiao-Long Li ◽  
Dan-Dan Li ◽  
Xiao-Wan Bo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Wave ◽  
Thyroid Nodules ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography ◽  
Tissue Imaging ◽  
Initial Experience ◽  
Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging

scholarly journals Value of shear wave elastography by virtual touch tissue imaging quantification in patients with diffuse thyroid gland pathology

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 993-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feride KURAL RAHATLI ◽  
Hale TURNAOĞLU ◽  
Nazlı Gülsoy KIRNAP ◽  
Özlem TURHAN İYİDİR ◽  
Kemal Murat HABERAL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Gland ◽  
Shear Wave ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography ◽  
Tissue Imaging ◽  
Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging

Diagnotic value of Shear Wave Elastography in differentiating parathyroid adenomas from thyroid nodules

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaela Vlad ◽  
Ioana Golu ◽  
Maria Oprea ◽  
Daniela Amzar ◽  
Melania Balas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Wave ◽  
Thyroid Nodules ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography ◽  
Parathyroid Adenomas

Diagnostic Value of Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (12) ◽  
pp. 2818-2822
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Oprea ◽  
Mihaela Vlad ◽  
Ioana Golu ◽  
Ioan Sporea ◽  
Lazar Fulger
Keyword(s):  
Shear Wave ◽  
Predictive Value ◽  
Thyroid Nodules ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
Thyroid Volume ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography ◽  
Maximum Diameter ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Tissue Elasticity

Thyroid nodules are a common pathology found in 50 to 60% of otherwise healthy people. Diagnostic imaging techniques are help discriminating between benign and malignant nodules, while fine needle aspiration is still a gold standard. Shear wave elastography, a recent imaging technique, holds the promise to become reliable diagnostic tools and is currently used in combination with ultrasound. We here report data obtained in a series of 52 thyroid nodules analysed by means of elastography, as well as conventional and Doppler ultrasound. We found no differences in age, nodule and thyroid volume, length, width, thickness and maximum diameter between benign and malignant lesions. Several sonographic patterns are considered to be predictive of malignancy, out of which we only found the intranodular blood flow to be statistically significant. By the means of shear wave elastography we have first assessed tissue elasticities, which are shown in a range of colours, depending on tissue elasticity/stiffness. Then, we have measured and recorded four parameters automatically displayed by the system, namely SWE-mean, SWE-max, SWE-SD and SWE-ratio. Data analysis showed all these quantitative parameters had good sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and area under the curve, as calculated by the ROC curve. As with these parameters, the cut-off points were lower than in literature, still able to indicate reliable diagnoses, which were confirmed by histopathological exam. Our conclusion is that shear wave elastography has great potential for reliably and accurately diagnosing thyroid malignancies.

Shear wave elastography of thyroid nodules for the prediction of malignancy in a large scale study

2015 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ah Young Park ◽  
Eun Ju Son ◽  
Kyunghwa Han ◽  
Ji Hyun Youk ◽  
Jeong-Ah Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Wave ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Thyroid Nodules ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography ◽  
Large Scale Study
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