SWE,C-TIRADS和AI辅助诊断系统在区分不同损伤大小的甲状腺结节时:哪一个具有更好的诊断性能?
Yuwei Zhou1, Ruifen Li1, Weiwei Zheng1
1Department of Ultrasound, Tangshan People's Hospital, Tangshan, China.
Frontiers in endocrinology
|January 23, 2026
概括
人工智能 (AI) 与中国甲状腺成像报告和数据系统 (C-TIRADS) 结合,有效诊断较大的甲状腺结节. 对于较小的结节,切割波弹性图 (SWE) 参数,如Emean显示诊断潜力.
科学领域:
- 放射学 放射学是一门学科.
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 在瘤学瘤学.
背景情况:
- 甲状腺结节很常见,准确区分良性和恶性至关重要.
- 目前的诊断方法包括基于超声波的评分系统和弹性学,但性能因结节大小而异.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较剪波弹性图 (SWE),中国甲状腺成像报告和数据系统 (C-TIRADS) 和人工智能 (AI) 辅助诊断系统的诊断性能.
- 评估结核大小 (<10毫米与≥10毫米) 对这些方法诊断准确性的影响.
主要方法:
- 在90名患者中对103个甲状腺结节进行前性分析,按大小分类 (<10毫米和≥10毫米).
- 使用常规超声波进行C-TIRADS评分,SWE和AI辅助诊断的评估.
- 对单个方法和组合的诊断性能 (灵敏度,特异性,AUC) 的评估,并使用DeLong的测试进行比较.
主要成果:
- 在≥1厘米的结节中,AI (AUC=0.875) 和C-TIRADS (AUC=0.834) 显示出良好的表现;SWE的Emax获得了最高的AUC (0.895).
- 结合的AI + C-TIRADS (AUC=0.852) 与AI + C-TIRADS + Emax相比较. 这是一个很好的结果.
- 在亚厘米结节中,性能下降;AI (AUC=0.654),C-TIRADS (AUC=0.524),但SWE的Emean保留了中等的区分能力 (AUC=0.821).
结论:
- 结合C-TIRADS的AI是一种有效的策略,用于诊断甲状腺结节≥1厘米.
- 对于亚厘米结节,SWE的Emeen在评估小病变方面显示出潜在的临床价值.
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