Characterization of Single Thyroid Nodules by Contrast-Enhanced 3-D Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1616-1625

  Molinari, Filippo ^a   Mantovani, Alice ^a   Deandrea, Maurilio ^b   Limone, Paolo ^b   Garberoglio, Roberto ^c   Suri, Jasjit S ^d,e  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Scientifica Mauriziana ONLUS   (Italy)

^d Biomedical Technologies Inc   (United States)

^e IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Skeleton; Thyroid nodule; Tumor; Vascular assessment

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; BRANCHING POINTS; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HIGH-RESOLUTION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SKELETON; SKELETONIZATION; THYROID NODULE; VASCULAR ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR TREES; VASCULARIZATION; VESSEL RADIUS;

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SONOVUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956651046     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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