Imaging of the thyroid: Recent advances

Abstract

Although thyroid scintigraphy and ultrasound continues to be the mainstay of the diagnostic imaging of the thyroid gland, there have been several recent advances that are of interest to both radiologists and endocrinologists. In this review article, the authors discuss recent progress in imaging of the thyroid by use of radionuclide imaging including single photon-emission computed tomography/positron emission tomography, ultrasonography (USG), USG elastography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and optical coherence tomography.

Keywords

• Magnetic resonance imaging
• optical coherence tomography
• radionuclide imaging
• thyroid imaging
• recent advances
• ultrasonography
• ultrasound elastography
• computed tomography