Thyroid Ultrasound Physics

Feb 27, 2018 by in ULTRASONOGRAPHY Comments Off on Thyroid Ultrasound Physics

Figure. 2.1 Speed of sound . The speed of sound is constant for a specific material and does not vary with frequency. Speed of sound for various biological tissues is…

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Diffuse Thyroid Disease (DTD) and Thyroiditis

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Thyroid gland Characteristic Size Measure sagittal × AP × transverse dimensions Unusual shape Note and measure extension of lobe(s) below clavicles, pyramidal lobe, and thyroglossal duct masses Echotexture Homogeneous or…

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Pediatric Ultrasound of the Neck

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Figure 5.1 Goitrous thyroid in congenital hypothyroidism . Axial CT images (a–c) show a massively enlarged thyroid (arrows) in a 5-month-old with a TSH over 300. Full ultrasonic visualization of…

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Ultrasonography of the Parathyroid Glands

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Figure 9.1 Superior parathyroid adenoma seen in longitudinal view. Indentation sign. (a) Upper PA, craniocaudal view, note indentation. (b) Upper PA, note indentation sign, and long pencil shape. (c) Small…

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Doppler Ultrasound

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Figure. 3.1 Illustration of the Doppler shift . When a moving target reflects a sound, the frequency of the reflected sound wave is altered. The frequency is shifted up by…

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