Tissue harmonic imaging of thyroid nodules: Initial experience

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-12

  Szopinski, Kazimierz T ^a   Wysocki, Maciej ^b   Pajk, Anna M ^a   Slapa, Rafal Z ^a   Jakubowski, Wieslaw ^a   Szopinska, Malgorzata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Sonography; Thyroid; Thyroid nodules; Tissue harmonic imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

SONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0347294720     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.1.5     Document Type: Article

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