title: Ultrasound elastography in the evaluation of thyroid pathology. Current status.
abstract: Thyroid pathology including thyroid nodules and diffuse thyroid diseases represents often a diagnosing challenge for clinicians. US, although highly accurate in identifying thyroid nodules and diffuse thyroid diseases, is still not sufficiently accurate to evaluate them. US-elastography has been introduced in order to further increase US accuracy in many fields and eventually for thyroid disease. The aim of the present paper it to provide an update of the literature on different available techniques and the results reported both for thyroid nodules differentiation and for diffuse thyroid disease evaluation. Advantages and limitations of elastography are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology, and Anatomy Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: vito.cantisani@uniroma1.it.
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cantisani
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology, and Anatomy Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: pietro.lodise@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lodise
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology, and Anatomy Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: he1graz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hektor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grazhdani
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology, and Anatomy Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: ester.mancuso@libero.it.
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology, and Anatomy Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: elenamaggini@yahoo.it.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maggini
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: giorgiodirocco@virgilio.it.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Rocco
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology, and Anatomy Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: ferdinando.dambrosio@uniroma1.it.
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Ambrosio
authors.affiliation: Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: fabrizio.calliada@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calliada
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: adriano.redler@uniroma1.it.
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Redler
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology, and Anatomy Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Electronic address: paolo.ricci@uniroma1.it.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Oncology, and Anatomy Pathology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catalano
mesh_terms: D055119:Elastic Modulus; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: ARFI; Strain elastography; Thyroid diffuse disease; Thyroid nodules; US-elastography