Thyroid Cancer and Photoacoustic Imaging

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Thyroid Nodule; Thyroid Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT04248166
• Lead Sponsor: Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

Brief Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of photoacoustic imaging in thyroid nodules. In addition, we would like to confirm the relationship between the results of photoacoustic imaging and histopathologic findings when thyroid nodules were diagnosed as thyroid cancer.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Study Start: 2020-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-01-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-01-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-01-28
• Study First Posted: 2020-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-30
• Primary Completion: 2020-06-30
• Study Completion: 2020-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• All thyroid nodule identified as benign or as thyroid cancer

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient refuses to participate in the study or withdraws consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Photoacoustic analysis of thyroid nodule and thyroid cancer	As soon as the photoacoustic test was performed	Photoacoustic intensity of each chromophore (deoxyhemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, lipid, water) obtained from ROI (region of interest) of photoacoustic image

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seoul St. Mary's hospital; 🇰🇷 Seoul, Korea, Republic of