Thyroid volume measurement in thyrotoxic patients: Comparison between ultrasonography and iodine-124 positron emission tomography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1470-1478

  Crawford, Diane C ^a,b   Flower, Margaret A ^a   Pratt, Brenda E ^a   Hill, Caroline ^a,c   Zweit, Jamal ^a,d   McCready, V Ralph ^a   Harmer, Clive L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Crawley Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperthyroidism; Iodine 124 positron emission tomography; Iodine 131 therapy; Thyroid volume; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IODINE 124;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROTOXICOSIS; ULTRASOUND; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031450641     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050176     Document Type: Article

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