Study on the influence of shear wave elastography on Young's modulus of normal human thyroid gland
NIE Hui
YANG Xiao
Abstract：Objective To examine whether Young's modulus of the normal thyroid gland is affected by the gender , the left and right lobes, the cross section and longitudinal section by shear wave elastography (SWE).Methods 459 healthy volunteers were selected .Shear wave elastography was used to examine the young's modulus of the cross /longitudinal section of the middle thy-roid gland of different sex by using the Q-Box software .Results 1 ) Two-sample t-test showed no significant difference ( P >0.05) between different gender of Young's modulus of the normal thyroid gland;2) Paired t-test showed no significant difference ( P >0.05) between the left lobe of thyroid gland in the middle and the right middle lobe of Young 's modulus;3) Bilateral thy-roid middle cross section and longitudinal section of Young's modulus value had significant difference ( P <0.05).Conclusion Thyroid Young's modulus measure is not affected by gender and left /right lobe, but it is affected by the section of shear wave elastography , reference can be provided for the standard of Young's modulus of thyroid .
Keywords：ThyroidShear wave elastographyYoung's modulus
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 40-43 )