Application of microvascular ultrasound-assisted thyroid imaging report and data system in thyroid nodule risk stratification.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish superb microvascular imaging (SMI) based thyroid imaging reporting and data system (SMI TI-RADS) for risk stratification of malignancy in thyroid nodules.

Methods

In total, 471 patients, comprising 643 thyroid nodules, who received conventional ultrasound (US), SMI, and a final diagnosis were extensively analyzed. A qualitative assessment of US features of the nodules was performed followed by univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses, leading to the construction of the SMI TI-RADS, which was further verified using internal and external validation cohorts.

Results

Among the stand-alone US, predictive factors were the shape and margins of the nodules, echogenicity and echogenic foci, vascularity, extrathyroidal extension, ring-S

SUBMITTER: Ma G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420409 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature