Role of apparent diffusion coefficient values and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in differentiation between benign and malignant thyroid nodules

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Mutlu, Hakan ^a   Sivrioglu, Ali Kemal ^a   Sonmez, Guner ^a   Velioglu, Murat ^a   Sildiroglu, Huseyin Onur ^a   Basekim, Cihat Cinar ^a   Kizilkaya, Esref ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ADC ratio; Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY RATE; ADC RATIO; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; B VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIGITAL VALUES; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSIES; MALIGNANT LESION; MEAN AGES; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; ROC ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SPINAL CORDS; THYROID NODULE;

BIOPSY; DOSIMETRY; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOLOGY; RESONANCE; SURFACE DIFFUSION; TISSUE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84855375858     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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