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Author Spotlight: Integrating Ultrasound Imaging with Biochemical Markers for Thyroid Disease Diagnosis
Published on: February 9, 2024
Acoustic radiation force imaging of the thyroid-generation of reference values by Virtual Touch Imaging and
Christine Neuwirt1, Heike Jaeger2, Wolfgang Kratzer1
1Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
Objectives:
To investigate potential subject-related confounding factors for thyroid acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography.
Methods And Materials:
A total of 194 subjects participated in the study.
Results:
The standard values in the right lobe were 2.52±0.35m/s (ventral half) and 2.43±0.40m/s (dorsal half). In the left lobe, velocities of 2.56±0.37m/s (ventral) and 2.48±0.42m/s (dorsal) were noted. A clear difference was observed between measurement values in the ventral and dorsal half (P<.0001). By contrast, none of the other factors exerted any effect on the measurements.
Conclusions:
ARFI-Virtual Touch Imaging and Quantification appears to be a suitable and relatively robust method for examining the thyroid gland.
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