Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging for Differential Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules: Additional Value of the Area Ratio

Conclusions—
The diagnostic performance of VTI grading and the area ratio for differentiation between benign and malignant thyroid nodules is equivalent. The performance is further improved with a combination of VTI grading and area ratio analysis.

Source: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine - April 21, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Xu, J.-M., Xu, H.-X., Zhang, Y.-F., Guo, L.-H., Liu, L.-N., Bo, X.-W., Xu, X.-H. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research