scholarly journals The Role of Superb Microvascular Imaging and Shear Wave Elastography in Differentiation of Thyroid Nodules from Intrathyroidal Ectopic Thymus in Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
I Ihezagire
Keyword(s):  
Shear Wave ◽  
Thyroid Nodules ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography ◽  
Ectopic Thymus ◽  
Superb Microvascular Imaging ◽  
Microvascular Imaging

scholarly journals Role of Strain Elastography and Shear-Wave Elastography in a Multiparametric Clinical Approach to Indeterminate Cytology Thyroid Nodules

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 6273-6279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Gay ◽  
Simone Schiaffino ◽  
Graziana Santamorena ◽  
Barbara Massa ◽  
Gianluca Ansaldo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Wave ◽  
Thyroid Nodules ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography ◽  
Clinical Approach ◽  
Strain Elastography ◽  
Indeterminate Cytology

Quantitative Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (04) ◽  
pp. 367-374
Author(s):  
Salvatore Gitto ◽  
Carmelo Messina ◽  
Nicoló Vitale ◽  
Domenico Albano ◽  
Luca Maria Sconfienza
Keyword(s):  
Shear Wave ◽  
Muscle Mass ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography ◽  
Clinical Value ◽  
Contrast Enhanced ◽  
Quantitative Us ◽  
Superb Microvascular Imaging ◽  
Perfusion Assessment ◽  
Microvascular Imaging

AbstractUltrasound (US) imaging plays a crucial role in the assessment of musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders. Several quantitative tools are offered by US systems and add information to conventional US imaging. This article reviews the quantitative US imaging tools currently available in MSK radiology, specifically focusing on the evaluation of elasticity with shear-wave elastography, perfusion with contrast-enhanced US and noncontrast superb microvascular imaging, and bone and muscle mass with quantitative US methods. Some of them are well established and already of clinical value, such as elasticity and contrast-enhanced perfusion assessment in muscles and tendons. MSK radiologists should be aware of the potential of quantitative US tools and take advantage of their use in everyday practice, both for clinical and research purposes.

scholarly journals Novel High-Quality Sonographic Methods to Diagnose Muscle Wasting in Long-Stay Critically Ill Patients: Shear Wave Elastography, Superb Microvascular Imaging and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 2224
Author(s):  
Carmen Rosa Hernández-Socorro ◽  
Pedro Saavedra ◽  
Juan Carlos López-Fernández ◽  
Federico Lübbe-Vazquez ◽  
Sergio Ruiz-Santana
Keyword(s):  
Shear Wave ◽  
Roc Curve ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography ◽  
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound ◽  
Contrast Enhanced ◽  
Superb Microvascular Imaging ◽  
Diagnostic Capacity ◽  
First Time ◽  
Microvascular Imaging

Novel ultrasound (US) methods are required to assess qualitative changes in the quadriceps rectus femoris (QRF) muscle when evaluating mechanically ventilated, long-stay ICU patients with suspected neuromuscular acquired weakness (ICUAW). Our aim was to analyze novel US muscle assessment methods in these patients versus healthy controls by carrying out a prospective observational study. Shear wave elastography (SWE) showed, with a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.972 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.916–1.000), that patients increased muscle stiffness associated with muscle fibrosis when diagnosed with ICUAW. We also performed, for the first time, superb microvascular imaging (SMI), which is an innovative US technique designed for imaging microvascularization unseen with color Doppler US, and observed that 53.8% of cases had significantly lower QRF muscle microvascular angiogenic activity than controls (p < 0.001). Finally, we used contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to analyze maximum and minimum QRF muscle perfusion and obtained a ROC curve of 0.8, but when used as markers for SMI, their diagnostic capacity increased to 0.988 (CI = 0.965–1) and 0.932 (CI = 0.858–1), respectively. These findings show, for the first time, that these novel sonographic muscle methods should be used for their diagnostic capacity when assessing sarcopenic processes associated with this group of critically ill patients.

scholarly journals Role of Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khamis Hassan Bakari ◽  
Khamis Abdulrahman Simai ◽  
Fabian Pius Mghanga ◽  
Henry Anselmo Mayala ◽  
Xie Mingxing
Keyword(s):  
Shear Wave ◽  
Thyroid Nodules ◽  
Shear Wave Elastography
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