Differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules with US elastography using carotid artery pulsation

Radiology

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 662-669

  Dighe, Manjiri ^a   Bae, Unmin ^a,b   Richardson, Michael L ^a   Dubinsky, Theodore J ^a   Minoshima, Satoshi ^a   Kim, Yongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDITIS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CAROTID ARTERIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 49049110540     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2482071758     Document Type: Article

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