Strain ratio ultrasound elastography increases the accuracy of colour-Doppler ultrasound in the evaluation of Thy-3 nodules. A bi-centre university experience

Vito Cantisani,Piero Maceroni,Vito DAndrea,Gregorio Patrizi,Mattia Di Segni,Corrado De Vito,Hektor Grazhdani,Andrea M. Isidori,Elisa Giannetta,Adriano Redler,Frattaroli Fm,Laura Giacomelli,Giorgio Di Rocco,Carlo Catalano,Ferdinando D'Ambrosio

Strain ratio ultrasound elastography increases the accuracy of colour-Doppler ultrasound in the evaluation of Thy-3 nodules. A bi-centre university experience

2016

Vito Cantisani
Piero Maceroni
Vito DAndrea
Gregorio Patrizi
Mattia Di Segni
Corrado De Vito
Hektor Grazhdani
Andrea M. Isidori
Elisa Giannetta
Adriano Redler
Frattaroli Fm
Laura Giacomelli
Giorgio Di Rocco
Carlo Catalano
Ferdinando D'Ambrosio

Objectives To assess whether ultrasound elastography (USE) with strain ratio increases diagnostic accuracy of Doppler ultrasound in further characterisation of cytologically Thy3 thyroid nodules.

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Radiology
Pathology
Doppler effect
Elasticity Imaging Techniques
Thyroid nodules
Colour doppler ultrasound
Ultrasound elastography
Ultrasound
Medicine
diagnostic accuracy
Neuroradiology
doppler ultrasound

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