Diffusion-weighted images differentiate benign from malignant thyroid nodules

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-100

  Erdem, Gulnur ^a   Erdem, Tamer ^a   Karakas, Hakki Muammer ^a   Mutlu, Denizyakar ^a   Firat, Ahmet Kemal ^a   Sahin, Ibrahim ^a   Alkan, Alpay ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID LYMPHOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74049136431     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22000     Document Type: Article

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