Dear Ultrasound Insider,
A belated Happy New Year to you all! Perhaps you have some personal resolutions in place for 2023, such as having your research published. There's much to look forward to, but in the meantime, enjoy the new research that became available during the holiday season.
A Chinese team recently developed a nomogram -- a predictive graphical tool -- that uses clinical and ultrasound features to predict nodal status in young patients diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. Find out how well the nomogram performed in this edition's Insider Exclusive.
In related news, researchers developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can differentiate between benign and malignant thyroid nodules on ultrasound. They wrote that the model could help young physicians and small hospitals with limited resources.
Speaking of AI, researchers from Google Health are highlighting three AI models they developed using ultrasound images to predict gestational age in fetuses. The team said the models are superior to conventional fetal biometry techniques.
In other news, a team from Paris, France, found that combining physical examination, transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS), and pelvic MRI is the best way to diagnose certain locations of deep infiltrating endometriosis.
Plus, check out more recent stories in ultrasound:
- Dutch researchers explored the effects of noise pollution on embryonic and fetal development in pregnant women using ultrasound.
- A team from Sapienza University of Rome reported that MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) is superior to external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for relieving pain in patients with bone metastases.
- Danish researchers found that virtual reality training systems enhance learning from trainees using lung ultrasound, regardless of whether they use gaming elements or not.
- A team from South Africa reported that vascular structures seen on ultrasound images are tied to multiple sclerosis.
- Researchers compared guidelines by the American Thyroid Association and the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System when evaluating pediatric thyroid nodules with ultrasound.
- A Turkish team found that shear-wave elastography values are higher in children with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease compared with healthy children.
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