Abstract
Article: Diagnostic Accuracy of Virtual Touch Quanti-fication and Virtual Touch Imaging Quantification Sonoelastography Techniques in Pediatric Undescended Testes Patients
Authors: Mehmet Burak Özkan, MD, Meltem Bilgic, MD, Unal Bicakci, MD, and Cankon Germiyanoglu, MD
Category: Abdomen [AB]
Credit: 0.75 SDMS CME Credit
Objectives: After studying the article entitled “Diagnostic Accuracy of Virtual Touch Quantification and Virtual Touch Imaging Quantification Sonoelastography Techniques in Pediatric Undescended Testes Patients,” you will be able to:
Determine the importance of testicular stiffness in patient outcomes
Identify how sonoelastrography can be performed on the testicle
Determine the pathological changes in undescended testes (UDT)
Which relationship does testicular stiffness in the pediatric patient have with patient outcomes? Increased stiffness leads to sexual dysfunction Decreased stiffness leads to future infertility No relationship Decreased stiffness leads to increased malignancy potential
Which is the preferred method to image UDT? Sonography Computed tomography Magnetic resonance imaging Fluoroscopy
Which imaging technique(s) can be used to measure tissue stiffness? 2D gray-scale Color Doppler imaging VTQ and VTIQ Mechanical compression
Microscopic changes in testicle parenchyma first occur in undescended testes at what age range? 4 to 5 months 6 to 9 months 1 to 3 months 10 to 11 months
In this study, which techniques proved most effective with p-SWE for detecting tissue stiffness located in the inguinal canal? VTIQ techniques VTQ techniques VW techniques Pulsed Doppler
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