Role of duplex power Doppler ultrasound in differentiation between malignant and benign thyroid nodules

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 594-602

  Algin, Oktay ^a   Algin, Efnan ^b   Gokalp, Gokhan ^c   Ocakoǧlu, Gokhan ^c   Cüneyt, Erdoǧan ^c   Saraydaroglu, Ozlem ^c   Tuncel, Ercan ^c  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pi; Power doppler ultrasonography; Ri; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B SCAN; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILITY INDEX; RESISTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CALCINOSIS; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 78449274744     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.6.594     Document Type: Article

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