Thyroid Ultrasound: State of the Art Part 1 - Thyroid Ultrasound reporting and Diffuse Thyroid Diseases.
Accurate differentiation of focal thyroid nodules (FTL) and thyroid abnormalities is pivotal for proper diagnostic and therapeutic work-up. In these two part articles, the role of ultrasound techniques in the characterization of FTL and evaluation of diffuse thyroid diseases is described to expand on the recently published World Federation in Ultrasound and Medicine (WFUMB) thyroid elastography guidelines and review how this guideline fits into a complete thyroid ultrasound exam.
Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Manjiri
M
Dighe
Department of Radiology, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, USA and Southwoods Imaging, Youngstown, Ohio, USA.
Richard
R
Barr
Department of Internal Medicine 1, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Jörg
J
Bojunga
Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Policlinico Umberto I, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Vito
V
Cantisani
Ultrasound Division, Department of Radiology, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Maria Cristina
MC
Chammas
Division of Radiology, Imperial and Kings Colleges, London, UK.
David
D
Cosgrove
Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Xin Wu
XW
Cui
Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yi
Y
Dong
Department of Surgery, Caritas-Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
Franziska
F
Fenner
Diagnostic Radiology Institute, Paula Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
Maija
M
Radzina
Department of Imaging and Diagnostic Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Sudhir
S
Vinayak
Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Ultrasound Research and Education Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, China.
Jun Mei
JM
Xu
Department of Internal Medicine 2, Caritas Hospital, Bad Mergentheim, Germany, Sino-German Research Center of Ultrasound in Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China. Christoph.dietrich@ckbm.de.
Christoph F
CF
Dietrich
D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*