Combination of ultrasound elastography with TI-RADS in the diagnosis of small thyroid nodules (≤10 mm): A new method to increase the diagnostic performance.

Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of a new method of combined ultrasound elastography (UE) and thyroid imaging-reporting and data system (TI-RADS) in the differential diagnosis of small thyroid nodules.

Methods: Ultrasonography(US), TI-RADS, Elasticity Imaging (EI), Virtual Touch Tissue Imaging (VTI) and Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification (VTQ) features of 142 thyroid nodules (maximum diameter ≤10 mm according to conventional ultrasound measurement) confirmed by surgery or FNA were retrospectively analyzed. Different elastographic methods in small benign and malignant thyroid nodules were compared.

Application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of small breast lesions.

Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. The purpose of the study was to observe the features of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and the combination with Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) of conventional ultrasound for assessing small breast lesions.

Objectives: The study was to explore the small breast lesions' features of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and the combination with Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) of conventional ultrasound, in order to improve the diagnostic accuracy of early breast cancer.

Quantitative parameters of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in breast invasive ductal carcinoma: The correlation with pathological prognostic factors.

Purpose: To investigate the correlation between quantitative parameters on contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and pathological prognostic factors in patients with breast invasive ductal carcinomas (IDCs).

Materials And Methods: 102 patients with pathologically proven IDCs were retrospectively enrolled and all were preoperatively evaluated by CEUS. Quantitative analysis was conducted using the SonoLiver® software.

Analysis of risk factors for polypoid lesions of gallbladder among health examinees.

Aim: To investigate the prevalence and risk factors of polypoid lesions of gallbladder (PLG) among the health examinees in the Shanghai region, China.

Methods: A total of 11,816 subjects who underwent health examinations in our hospital between August 2010 and February 2011 were analyzed retrospectively. Among them, there were 7174 men and 4642 women.