Gray-scale three-dimensional sonography of thyroid nodules: Feasibility of the method and preliminary studies

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 428-436

  Slapa, Rafal Z ^a   Slowinska Srzednicka, Jadwiga ^b   Szopinski, Kazimierz T ^a   Jakubowski, Wiesław ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Three dimensional; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 31444441085     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2903-x     Document Type: Article

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