Ultrasound thyroid elastography using carotid artery pulsation: Preliminary study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 797-805

  Bae, Unmin ^a   Dighe, Manjiri ^b   Dubinsky, Theodore ^b   Minoshima, Satoshi ^b   Shamdasani, Vijay ^c   Kim, Yongmin ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery pulsation; Elastography; Thyroid; Thyroid stiffness index; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ELASTICITY; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBABILITY; TISSUE;

CAROTID ARTERY PULSATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; PULSATIONS; THYROID STIFFNESS INDEX;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NODULAR GOITER; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34249874877     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.6.797     Document Type: Article

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