High-resolution imaging of the thyroid gland using optical coherence tomography

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 425-434

  Pantanowitz, Liron ^a   Hsiung, Pei Lin ^b   Ko, Tony H ^b   Schneider, Karl ^b,d   Herz, Paul R ^b   Fujimoto, James G ^b   Raza, Sughra ^c   Connolly, James L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Carcinoma; Goiter; Imaging; Nodule; OCT; Optical coherence tomography; Optics; Thyroid; Tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2342588827     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10392     Document Type: Article

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