Screening of thyroid nodules by ultrasound elastography using diastolic strain variation

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4420-4423

  Luo, Si ^a   Kim, Eung Hun ^b   Dighe, Manjiri ^c   Kim, Yongmin ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carotid artery pulsation; Strain; Thyroid elastography

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; MEDICAL IMAGING; STRAIN; ULTRASONICS;

CAROTID ARTERY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEALTHCARE RESOURCES; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRAIN VARIATION; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND DATA; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 77950963196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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