Off-site evaluation of three-dimensional ultrasound for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules: comparison with two-dimensional ultrasound
- Authors
- Kim, Soo Chin; Kim, Ji-hoon; Choi, Seung Hong; Yun, Tae Jin; Wi, Jae Yeon; Kim, Sun Ah; Sun, Hye Young; Ryoo, Inseon; Park, Sun-Won; Sohn, Chul-Ho
- Issue Date
- 10월-2016
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Two-dimensional ultrasound; Three-dimensional ultrasound; Thyroid nodule; Diagnosis; Off-site evaluation
- Citation
- EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY, v.26, no.10, pp.3353 - 3360
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 10
- Start Page
- 3353
- End Page
- 3360
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/87248
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00330-015-4193-2
- ISSN
- 0938-7994
- Abstract
- We compared the diagnostic performance of off-site evaluation between prospectively obtained 3D and 2D ultrasound for thyroid nodules. 3D and 2D ultrasonographies were preoperatively obtained from 85 consecutive patients (mean age, 51 years; age range, 28-83 years) who were referred for a total thyroidectomy. Three radiologists independently evaluated 3D and 2D images of 91 pathologically confirmed thyroid nodules (30 benign and 61 malignant nodules) for nodule characterization. Diagnostic performance, interobserver agreement and time for scanning were compared between 3D and 2D. 3D had significantly higher sensitivities than 2D for predicting malignancy (78.7 % vs. 61.2 %, P < 0.01) and extrathyroidal extension (66.7 % vs. 46.4 %, P = 0.03) in malignancy. In terms of specificities, there were no statistically significant differences between 2D and 3D for predicting malignancy (78.4 % vs. 74.8 %, P = 1.00) and extrathyroidal extension (63.6 % vs. 57.6 %, P = 0.46). With respect to interobserver agreement, 3D showed moderate agreement (kappa = 0.53) for predicting extrathyroidal extension in malignancy compared with 2D ultrasound, which showed fair agreement (kappa = 0.37). 3D saved time (30 +/- 56.52 s) for scanning compared with 2D. For off-site evaluation, 3D US is more useful for diagnosis of thyroid nodules than 2D US. aEuro cent 3D had higher sensitivity than 2D for predicting malignancy and extrathyroidal extension. aEuro cent 3D showed better agreement for predicting extrathyroidal extension in malignancy than 2D. aEuro cent 3D thyroid ultrasound saved time for scanning compared with 2D. aEuro cent For off-site evaluation of thyroid nodules, 3D is more useful than 2D.
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