Does Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) parameters improve the differentiation the character of the thyroid lesions

The aims of study were to determine whether shear wave elastography (SWE) can improve the B-mode differentiation of thyroid lesions, determine the most accurate SWE parameter for differentiation, and assess the influence of microcalcifications (MCs) and chronic autoimmune thyroiditis (CAT) on SWE values. We examined 119 patients with 169 thyroid nodules who prospectively underwent B-mode US and SWE using the same US machine. The following parameters were assessed using SWE: mean elasticity within the entire lesion (SWE-whole) and the mean (SWE-mean) and maximum elasticities (SWE-max) for a 2-mm region of interes…