Diagnostic Performance of Multiple Sound Touch Elastography for Differentiating Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules

Diagnostic Performance of Multiple Sound Touch Elastography for Differentiating Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules

This study evaluated the ability of Sound Touch Elastography (STE) to distinguish malignant from benign thyroid nodules by quantifying tumor stiffness using the elastic ratio (EI) and shear modulus (G). Eighty-six patients with 86 nodules were enrolled in this study. There were 24/86 (27.90%) thyroi...

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Main Authors: Lei Zhang, Zhimin Ding, Fajin Dong, Huaiyu Wu, Weiyu Liang, Hongtian Tian, Xiuqin Ye, Hui Luo, Jinfeng Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
Sound Touch Elastography
thyroid cancer
shear modulus
summary receiver operating characteristic curve
diagnosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2018.01359/full

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