Differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules at elastosonography

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-179

  Rubaltelli, L ^a   Corradin, S ^a   Dorigo, A ^a   Stabilito, M ^a   Tregnaghi, A ^a   Borsato, S ^a   Stramare, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Technology assessment; Thyroid; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; ADENOCARCINOMA; CALCINOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649206358     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027442     Document Type: Article

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