Thyroid elastography using carotid artery pulsation: A feasibility study

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 614-617

  Bae, Unmin ^a   Dighe, Manjiri ^b   Shamdasani, Vijay ^c   Minoshima, Satoshi ^b   Dubinsky, Theodore ^b   Kim, Ongmin ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

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

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Elastography; Natural pulsation; Strain; Thyroid; Thyroid stiffness index

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY; ELASTOGRAPHY; NATURAL PULSATION; THYROID; THYROID STIFFNESS INDEX;

DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONICS;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 77951449774     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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