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Which Is the Best Reference Tissue for Strain Elastography in Predicting Malignancy in Thyroid Nodules, the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle or the Thyroid Parenchyma?

Feride Fatma Görgülü
Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2019)
The SR1 and SR2 are effective adjunctive diagnostic tools for identifying malignant thyroid nodules. Using the SCM muscle as a reference point instead of thyroid tissue may be a more valuable way to measure SRs.
Keyphrases
  • skeletal muscle