Contrast-enhanced ultrasonic examination in differential diagnosis of thyroid cancer

Verzakova Irina Viktorovna, Putenikhin Sergey Yurievich, Gumerova Gulnara Tagirovna, Verzakova Olga Vladimirovna

Development of new technologies of ultrasonic diagnostics is directed mainly towards improvement of image imaging quality for earlier and accurate differential diagnostics of focal formations. Many authors note the need to improve the methodology and determine the quantitative criteria of different entities. The author notes that since the first publications on quantitative evaluation with the help of contrast-enhanced ultrasound examination of thyroid gland ultrasonic contrast preparations have changed, techniques have been modified. To date, the issues of standardization of the procedure, dosage of ultrasonic contrast preparation, unification of abbreviations and names of quantitative evaluation parameters, threshold values for diagnosis of malignant formations have not been solved.

Keywords:thyroid cancer, ultrasound diagnostics, contrast-enhanced research, oncology.