Diagnostic performance of shear wave elastography in the identification of malignant thyroid nodules: a meta-analysis

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 2729 - 2738
• Main Authors: Lin, Peiliang, Chen, Minqi, Liu, Baoxian, Wang, Siwen, Li, Xiaoxi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accuracy; Acoustics; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Radiology; Elasticity Imaging Techniques - methods; Humans; Imaging; Internal Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Iodine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meta-analysis; Neuroradiology; Radiation; Radiology; Reproducibility of Results; ROC Curve; Subject heading schemes; Thyroid gland; Thyroid Nodule - diagnostic imaging; Tumors; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound; Thyroid neoplasms; Thyroid nodule; Ult rasound; Elasticity imaging techniques; Meta-analysis

Objective This meta-analysis aimed to assess the performance of shear wave elastography (SWE) in the identification of malignant thyroid nodules. Methods Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and the references of narrative reviews were searched for relevant studies with a publication date through October...