Open AccessImaging of the thyroid: Recent advances
Author(s) -
Vikas Chaudhary,
Shahina Bano
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.95674
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , thyroid , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , optical coherence tomography , ultrasonography , computed tomography laser mammography , emission computed tomography , tomography , medical physics , scintigraphy , single photon emission computed tomography , preclinical imaging , nuclear medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , in vivo
Although thyroid scintigraphy and ultrasound continues to be the mainstay of the diagnostic imaging of the thyroid gland, there have been several recent advances that are of interest to both radiologists and endocrinologists. In this review article, the authors discuss recent progress in imaging of the thyroid by use of radionuclide imaging including single photon-emission computed tomography/positron emission tomography, ultrasonography (USG), USG elastography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and optical coherence tomography.