Editorial.

Abstract

Dear colleagues Welcome to the June 2018 issue of Ultrasound International Open. This issue works perfectly with the idea of the interdisciplinarity of Ultrasound. There are two papers dealing with the thyroid gland. The article from Kobayashi analyzes the prevalence of calcifications in thyroid tumors in US and also the relationship of these calcifications to the histopathology of the tumor. The article describes thyroid calcifications as one of the characteristic findings in defined thyroid tumors. The article from Tajiri from the same working group retrospectively analyzes the question whether Ultrasound alone can predict a special type of thyroid carcinoma. Their conclusion was that the detection of these rare carcinomas using Ultrasound alone can be difficult. Classical B-mode ultrasound seems to be the best, while elastography is less reliable. ■■■. Ultrasound Int Open 2018; 00: 00–00