Thyroid cancer
Conditions
Interventions
Observation group:None
Sponsors
The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (Anhui Provincial Hospital)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Nodules with definite fine needle aspiration cytology (FNA) or postoperative pathological diagnosis; (2) Complete clinical and imaging data.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients who could not tolerate ultrasound examination or robotic arm operation; (2) The maximum diameter of nodules was less than 5 mm, which could not be effectively evaluated by elastography; (3) Incomplete imaging or pathological data.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Within-group correlation coefficient for consistency of Emax measurements in SWE mode;Area under ROC curve of diagnostic efficacy of Emax in differentiating benign from malignant thyroid nodules in SE mode and SWE mode; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Maximum elastic modulus (Emax) in shear wave elastography (SWE);Strain ratio (SR) in strain elastography (SE);Subjective image quality score: Mean opinion score (MOS);Objective image quality metrics: structural similarity index (SSIM), peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), and mean squared error (MSE); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLei Hu
The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China (Anhui Provincial Hospital)
Outcome results
None listed