@inproceedings{f03a11736566498f9e3a18801e3863e5,
title = "Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography of thyroid: Preliminary in vivo human study",
abstract = "Shear wave elastography (SWE) techniques have been introduced and have shown promising potency in providing diagnostic information about thyroid nodules. Comb-push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE) has been recently introduced as a technique that is capable of measuring mechanical properties of soft tissues with a novel acoustic radiation force excitation fashion, leading to notable advantages of fast acquisition of shear wave speed data within a large field of view. In this study, we demonstrated the preliminary utility of CUSE in imaging thyroid tissue and thyroid nodules in a group of 5 healthy volunteers and 10 patients. The shear wave speed values were converted into Young's modulus (E) and suggested a clear difference between benign (91.2±34.8 kPa) and malignant (173.0±17.1 kPa) thyroid nodules, thus indicating the potential of using CUSE in differentiating between benign and malignant nodules in thyroid.",
keywords = "In vivo, Shear Wave, Thyroid Cancer, Tissue Elasticity, Ultrasound",
author = "Mohammad Mehrmohammadi and Max Denis and Pengfei Song and Shigao Chen and Mostafa Fatemi and Azra Alizad",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.; 2014 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2014 ; Conference date: 03-09-2014 Through 06-09-2014",
year = "2014",
month = oct,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1109/ULTSYM.2014.0054",
language = "English (US)",
series = "IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "213--216",
booktitle = "IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS",
}