Sonographic measurement of thyroid gland volume: A comparison of 2D and 3D ultrasound

Radiography

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-248

  Ying, Michael ^a   Sin, Man Hong ^a   Pang, Shuk Fan ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

2D ultrasound; 3D ultrasound; Reproducibility; Thyroid volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID GLAND; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 26444492152     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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