Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of solitary thyroid nodules with contrast-enhanced ultrasound: Initial results

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2234-2241

  Bartolotta, Tommaso Vincenzo ^a,c   Midiri, Massimo ^a   Galia, Massimo ^a   Runza, Giuseppe ^a   Attard, Marco ^b   Savoia, Giovanni ^b   Lagalla, Roberto ^a   Cardinale, Adelfio Elio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33748446609     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0229-y     Document Type: Article

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