Quantitative indicators of sonographic image of thyroid gland and their relation to antithyroid antibodies in Hashimoto's lymphocytic thyroiditis. 2002

Daniel Smutek, and Petr Sucharda, and Radim Sára
3rd Department of Medicine, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic. smutek@cesnet.cz

Sonography is a widely used non-invasive diagnostic tool and its main advantage is low cost in comparison with other diagnostic methods such as immunological analyses. In this work it is presented the relation between a sonographic image of thyroid gland and an immunological status of the patients with Hashimoto's lymphocytic thyroiditis (chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland). The results, evaluated on a set of 740 B-mode sonographic images from 37 subjects, show that raw values of individual image pixels in sonogram of thyroid gland with presence and without presence of anti-thyroid antibodies are significantly different (means 31.87 and 44.56; standard deviations 8.6 and 11.82; t = 3.4; p = 0.0017) and that they can be used for the prediction of presence of anti-thyreoglobulin and anti-thyreoperoxidasis antibodies. This result suggests the possibility to use this method in clinical diagnostic process for reducing the costs. Also the correlation between the image features and the level of antibodies was examined. The highest correlation was found for inverse difference moment and the level of anti-thyreoperoxidasis (coefficient of determination 0.43).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001323 Autoantibodies Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them. Autoantibody
D013961 Thyroid Gland A highly vascularized endocrine gland consisting of two lobes joined by a thin band of tissue with one lobe on each side of the TRACHEA. It secretes THYROID HORMONES from the follicular cells and CALCITONIN from the parafollicular cells thereby regulating METABOLISM and CALCIUM level in blood, respectively. Thyroid,Gland, Thyroid,Glands, Thyroid,Thyroid Glands,Thyroids
D013967 Thyroiditis, Autoimmune Inflammatory disease of the THYROID GLAND due to autoimmune responses leading to lymphocytic infiltration of the gland. It is characterized by the presence of circulating thyroid antigen-specific T-CELLS and thyroid AUTOANTIBODIES. The clinical signs can range from HYPOTHYROIDISM to THYROTOXICOSIS depending on the type of autoimmune thyroiditis. Autoimmune Thyroiditis,Thyroiditis, Lymphocytic,Thyroiditis, Lymphomatous,Autoimmune Thyroiditides,Lymphocytic Thyroiditides,Lymphocytic Thyroiditis,Lymphomatous Thyroiditides,Lymphomatous Thyroiditis,Thyroiditides, Autoimmune,Thyroiditides, Lymphocytic,Thyroiditides, Lymphomatous
D014463 Ultrasonography The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz. Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic
D018153 Czech Republic Created 1 January 1993 as a result of the division of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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