Transthoracic Shear-wave Ultrasound Elastography

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age20-100
SponsorNational Taiwan University Hospital

About this trial

This study aims to provide the information of tissue elasticity in different etiologies of pulmonary lesions and to validate the predictive value of shear-wave elastography in differentiating benign pulmonary lesions from malignant lesions.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

(1) Retrospective cohort from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017 (2) Patients with radiographic evidence of pulmonary tumors

Disqualifiers

None

Trial population

Patients receiving chest ultrasonography in National Taiwan University Hospital

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

No trial groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Application of Transthoracic Shear-wave Ultrasound Elastography in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Lesions

to provide the information of tissue elasticity in different etiologies of pulmonary lesions and to validate the predictive value of shear-wave elastography in differentiating benign pulmonary lesions from malignant lesions

Time frame
six months

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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