Utility of the ultrasound elastographic systolic thyroid stiffness index in reducing fine-needle aspirations

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-574

  Dighe, Manjiri ^a   Kim, Jae ^a   Luo, Si ^a   Kim, Yongmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastography; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEEDLES; STIFFNESS;

ELASTOGRAPHY; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TOOL; STIFFNESS INDEX; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND DATA; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 77951445236     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.4.565     Document Type: Article

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