Patients Who Underwent Thyroid Ultrasonography at Our Institution Were Selected for Shear Wave Elastography of Thyroid Nodules, and the Maximum and Mean Values of the Modulus of Elasticity of the Nodules in Transverse and Longitudinal Sections Were Analyzed. (SWE)

Ma Zhe

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thyroid Nodules

Treatments: Other: section orientation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06007859

YXLL-KY-2023(024)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this observational study was to evaluate the effect of transverse and longitudinal sections on the measurement of thyroid nodule stiffness by shear wave elastography. The main questions it aims to answer are: (i) to compare the diagnostic efficacy of different section orientations of shear wave elastography for the diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules; (ii) to analyze the correlation between the two orientations of transverse and longitudinal sections of shear wave elastography; and (iii) to compare the reliability and consistency of the two orientations of transverse and longitudinal sections of shear wave elastography for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules. Participants will undergo routine ultrasound examination of the thyroid gland and shear wave elastography, and the measured modulus of elasticity of the nodules in both transverse and longitudinal sections will be recorded.

Enrollment: 67 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 22 to 68 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients underwent preoperative shear-wave elastography ultrasonography; thyroid nodules ranged from 3 to 20 mm in size; all nodules underwent puncture biopsy or surgery to obtain pathologic results.

Exclusion criteria

Unavailability of pathology results for various reasons; poor quality of ultrasound images; missing data.

Trial design

67 participants in 1 patient group

section orientation of ultrasound shear wave elastography

Treatment:

Other: section orientation