Real-time ultrasound elastography - A new tool for diagnosing thyroid nodules

Endokrynologia Polska

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 652-657

  Gietka Czernel, Małgorzata ^a   Kochman, Magdalena ^a   Bujalska, Karolina ^a   Stachlewska Nasfeter, Elzbieta ^b   Zgliczyński, Wojciech ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elastography; Thyroid nodule; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 78649999312     PISSN: 0423104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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