Transthoracic Shear-wave Ultrasound Elastography

National Taiwan University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Elasticity Imaging Techniques

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03376425

201709073RINB

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to provide the information of tissue elasticity in different etiologies of pulmonary lesions and to validate the predictive value of shear-wave elastography in differentiating benign pulmonary lesions from malignant lesions.

Enrollment: 2,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

1. Inclusion criteria: (1) Retrospective cohort from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (2) Patients with radiographic evidence of pulmonary tumors
2. Exclusion criteria: (1) age < 20 y/o (2) patients who can't hold their breath for 5 seconds