Ultrasound Microvascular Blood Flow Evaluation: A New Tool for the Management of Thyroid Nodule?

Carlo CappelliIlenia PirolaElena GandossiFiorella MariniAlessandra Cristiano Claudio CasellaDavide LombardiBarbara AgostiAlberto FerlinMaurizio Castellano

Published in: International journal of endocrinology (2019)

This prospective pilot study showed that SMI can depict intranodular flow in higher detail compared to CDI and PDI, thus improving thyroid cancer detection.

Keyphrases

blood flow
magnetic resonance imaging
loop mediated isothermal amplification
label free
real time pcr
computed tomography
contrast enhanced ultrasound