[Development of various technical modifications in diagnostic sonography of the thyroid gland and their possible...

The authors evaluate twenty-five years application of ultrasound in the diagnosis of thyrroid disease focused on the technical development and closely associated possibilities of morphological and functional interpretations of sonographic findings. They discuss future perspectives of the use of ultrasound in thryology, in particular duplex sonography and coloured coded Doppler sonography. Attention is devoted to perspectives aimed aspiration biopsy under sonographic control and extension of its indications. They discuss the possible asset of further in this country so far not applied modifications of diagnostic sonography in thyrology, incl. the development of mathematical and statistical methods of evaluation of the echogenity and echotexture of thyroid tissue.