WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 4. Thyroid

David Cosgrove; Richard Barr; Joerg Bojunga; Vito Cantisani; Maria Cristina Chammas; Manjiri Dighe; Sudhir Vinayak; Jun-Mei Xu; Christoph F Dietrich

doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.06.022

WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations on the Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 4. Thyroid

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2017 Jan;43(1):4-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.06.022. Epub 2016 Aug 25.

Authors

David Cosgrove¹, Richard Barr², Joerg Bojunga³, Vito Cantisani⁴, Maria Cristina Chammas⁵, Manjiri Dighe⁶, Sudhir Vinayak⁷, Jun-Mei Xu⁸, Christoph F Dietrich⁹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Radiology, Imperial and Kings Colleges, London, UK.
² Department of Radiology, Northeastern Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, USA; Southwoods Imaging, Youngstown, Ohio, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine 1, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
⁴ Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Policlinico Umberto I, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Ultrasound Division, Department of Radiology, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁷ Department of Imaging and Diagnostic Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁸ Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Ultrasound Research and Education Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, China.
⁹ 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: [email protected].

PMID: 27570210
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2016.06.022

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.

Keywords: Elastography; Guidelines; Shear wave elastography; Strain elastography; World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Elasticity Imaging Techniques / methods*
Elasticity Imaging Techniques / standards*
Humans
Internationality
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Reproducibility of Results
Societies, Medical
Thyroid Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Thyroid Gland / diagnostic imaging*