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ULTRASONOGRAPHY OF THE THYROID AND PARATHYROID GLANDS

Erik R. Wisner, DVM, and Thomas G. Nyland, DVM

Examination of the thyroid and parathyroid glands requires an ultrasound unit with a high-frequency transducer in the 7.5- to 10- MHz frequency range. As the transducer frequency increases, spatial resolution improves and smaller structures and finer anatomic detail can be appreciated. Even' in the largest canine patient, thyroid depth rarely exceeds 4 em, the depth to which a 10-MHz frequency transducer is limited. Linear array transducers which produce a rectangular ultrasound image are superior to sector-scanning transducers which produce a wedge-shaped image, because there is better visualization of the near field and superficial structures are thus more dearly delineated." 11, 12, 13

We currently use a blended 10- to 5-MHz linear array transducer with a 38-mm wide scanning width for initial examination of the cervical region followed by more detailed examination of the thyroid and parathyroid using a dedicated 10- to 5-MHz linear array transducer with a 26-mm width. Blended probes provide an advantage over standard single-frequency transducers in that transducer frequency varies with imaging depth, with more superficial structures imaged at a higher frequency for improved spatial resolution and deeper structures imaged at the lower end of the transducer frequency range in order to increase the image quality in the far field.

Despite the superior image quality of the high-frequency linear

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