Image-Guided Thyroid Ablation: Standard Terminology and Reporting Criteria

This chapter discusses the standardization of terminology and reporting criteria for image-guided tumor ablation, initially proposed in 2003 by the International Working Group on Image-Guided Tumor Ablation. While this approach was initially focused on malignant diseases like liver and kidney tumors, it has expanded to include benign conditions such as thyroid nodules. The chapter highlights the need for consistent reporting criteria, especially with the increasing popularity of thyroid nodule ablation among various medical specialists. It serves as a reference for the specific considerations in benign thyroid nodule ablation, with a reference to the 2014 update of the original document for cancerous lesions.