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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 2 Showing analysis of the elasticity indices of SWE

From: Conventional ultrasound, color Doppler, TI-RADS, and shear wave elastography for thyroid nodule differentiation: a study of efficacy compared with the histopathology results

 

Number

Mean

Median

Std deviation

Range

Minimum

Maximum

Emean (kPa)

99

40.1

26.9

29.2

113.9

9.1

123

ER

2.53

3.1

1.9

2.3

8

1.0

9.0

  1. Emean: the mean elasticity index of the stiffest portion of the nodule, ER the ratio of mean elasticity index of the lesion and parenchyma or surrounding sternocleidomastoid muscle
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