Dual-energy computed tomography imaging of thyroid nodule specimens: Comparison with pathologic findings

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-64

  Li, Ming ^a   Zheng, Xiangpeng ^a   Li, Jianying ^b   Yang, Yanli ^a   Lu, Chen ^a   Xu, Hua ^b   Yu, Bo ^a   Xiao, Li ^a   Zhang, Guozhen ^a   Hua, Yanqing ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b General Electric Healthcare   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Computed tomography; Dual energy; Image postprocessing; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

IODINE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 84155164791     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e318229fef3     Document Type: Article

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