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Area of Science:

  • Diagnostic imaging
  • Medical ultrasound
  • Elastography

Background:

  • Thyroid nodules are common, requiring accurate diagnostic methods.
  • Ultrasound elastography offers a non-invasive approach to assess thyroid nodule stiffness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess interobserver agreement in thyroid ultrasound elastography.
  • To evaluate the reproducibility of real-time freehand elastography for thyroid nodules.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective study of 89 thyroid nodules using real-time freehand elastography.
  • Two radiologists independently evaluated elastograms with a quality factor >= 50.
  • Elastograms classified using a 5-pattern scale.

Main Results:

  • Statistically significant agreement between radiologists (κ = 0.838).
  • 11.2% disagreement rate in elastographic pattern classification.
  • High concordance observed in 79 out of 89 nodules.

Conclusions:

  • Implementing a quality factor threshold (>= 50) enhances interobserver agreement.
  • Real-time freehand elastography is a reproducible technique for thyroid nodules.
  • This method is suitable for integration into daily clinical practice.