Review Article
Strain US Elastography for the Characterization of Thyroid Nodules: Advantages and Limitation
Table 1
Diagnostic performance in malignancy detection, of SE with color coded scale for elasticity evaluation, in selected studies.
| Study | Number of nodules | Sensitivity % | Specificity % | Reference standard |
| Rago et al., 2007 [29] | 92 | 97 | 100 | Surgery |
Asteria et al., 2008 [28] | 86 | 94 | 81 | FNAB or surgery | Tranquart et al., 2008 [60] | 108 | 100 | 93 | FNAB | Hong et al., 2009 [23] | 145 | 88 | 90 | Surgery | Rubaltelli et al., 2009 [32] | 51 | 82 | 86 | FNAB or surgery | Lippolis et al., 2011 [49] | 102 | 89 | 6 | Presurgery of indeterminate cytology (follicular) | Moon et al., 2012 [44] | 703 | 65 | 58 | FNAB or surgery | Azizi et al., 2013 [31] | 912 | 80 | 70 | FNAB or surgery | Ko et al., 2014 [61] | 367 | 89 | 81 | FNAB or surgery | Mehrotra et al., 2013 [62] | 146 | 90 | 79 | FNAB or surgery |
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