title: WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 4. Thyroid.
abstract: The World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) has produced guidelines for the use of elastography techniques including basic science, breast and liver. Here we present elastography in thyroid diseases. For each available technique, procedure, reproducibility, results and limitations are analyzed and recommendations are given. Finally, recommendations are given based on the level of evidence of the published literature and on the WFUMB expert group's consensus. The document has a clinical perspective and is aimed at assessing the usefulness of elastography in the management of thyroid diseases.
authors: Division of Radiology, Imperial and Kings Colleges, London, UK.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Cosgrove
authors: Department of Radiology, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, USA; Southwoods Imaging, Youngstown, Ohio, USA.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Barr
authors: Department of Internal Medicine 1, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors: Joerg
authors: J
authors: Bojunga
authors: Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Policlinico Umberto I, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors: Vito
authors: V
authors: Cantisani
authors: Ultrasound Division, Department of Radiology, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Maria Cristina
authors: MC
authors: Chammas
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors: Manjiri
authors: M
authors: Dighe
authors: Department of Imaging and Diagnostic Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors: Sudhir
authors: S
authors: Vinayak
authors: Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Ultrasound Research and Education Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, China.
authors: Jun-Mei
authors: JM
authors: Xu
authors: Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas Krankenhaus, Bad Mergentheim, Germany; Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China. Electronic address: christoph.dietrich@ckbm.de.
authors: Christoph F
authors: CF
authors: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Elastography; Guidelines; Shear wave elastography; Strain elastography; World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology