Early assessment of high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of benign thyroid nodules by scintigraphic means

Conclusions HIFU appears to be safe and is an easy to perform means of thermal ablation. This study shows that HIFU treatment in thyroidal nodules can be evaluated by scintigraphic means shortly after the intervention. Due to small sample size, the exact magnitude of HIFU ablation efficiency in thyroidal nodules remains a value to be assessed in a larger study.
Source: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound - Category: Radiology Source Type: research