Abstract
The thyroid is amenable to ultrasound study because of its superficial location, vascularity, size, and echogenicity. In addition, the thyroid has a very high incidence of nodular disease, the vast majority benign. Most structural abnormalities of the thyroid need evaluation and monitoring but may not require intervention. Between 1965 and 1970, there were seven articles published specific to thyroid ultrasound. In the last 5 years, there have been over 10,000 articles published. Thyroid ultrasound has undergone a dramatic transformation from the cryptic deflections on an oscilloscope produced in A-mode scanning, to barely recognizable B-mode images, followed by initial low-resolution gray scale, to current high-resolution images. Recent advances in technology, including harmonic imaging, spatial compound imaging, elastography, and three-dimensional reconstruction, have all furthered the field.
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Abbreviations
- AACE:
-
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
- AIUM:
-
American Institute of Ultrasound Medicine
- ATA:
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American Thyroid Association
- ECNU:
-
Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasound
- MHz:
-
Megahertz
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The authors wish to acknowledge the work of Dr. Joseph Woo and his excellent web-based overview of the history of ultrasound. Relevant parts of his work with application to thyroid ultrasound have been presented here. For his full text, please access http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/ history1.html.
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Levine, R.A., Sistrunk, J.W. (2018). History of Thyroid Ultrasound. In: Duick, D., Levine, R., Lupo, M. (eds) Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67238-0_1
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