Role of Arfi in the Evaluation of Benign and Malignant Thyroidlesions

Abstract

To assess whether acoustic radiation force impulse imaging can differentiate normal from pathological thyroid parenchyma and to evaluate whether it can differentiate malignant from benign thyroid nodules using the ultrasound guided FNA as the gold standard. In general, ARFI elastography seems to be a good method for differentiation between benign and malignant thyroid nodules.