History of Thyroid Ultrasound

Abstract

Dr. Woody Sistrunk interviews Dr. Robert Levine regarding the invited Centennial Paper: History of Thyroid Ultrasound by Dr. Levine. They discuss the early development and progression of education in thyroid ultrasound and the resultant rapid increase in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules and papillary microcarcinoma. They further review efforts to decrease overdiagnosis by development of guidelines and by certification in endocrine neck ultrasound. They conclude with a discussion of how artificial intelligence using deep convolutional neural networks is likely to aid in the interpretation of thyroid ultrasound in the future. Video Interview Summary Example #1 - https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ve.2023.0004 Example #2 - https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ve.2022.0050 No competing financial interests exist. Runtime of video: 17 mins 15 secs