Diagnostic value of sonography, ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology, and diffusion-weighted MRI in the characterization of cold thyroid nodules

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 538-544

  Schueller Weidekamm, Claudia ^a   Schueller, Gerd ^a   Kaserer, Klaus ^a   Scheuba, Christian ^a   Ringl, Helmut ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Czerny, Christian ^a   Herneth, Andreas M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Fine needle aspiration; Scintigraphy; Sonography; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; B VALUE; CUT-OFF VALUE; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EXACT TESTS; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATIONS; KRUSKAL; MALIGNANT LESION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; NEEDLES; RESONANCE; SURFACE DIFFUSION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77949488720     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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