Differentiating benign from malignant thyroid nodules: Comparison of 2 and 3 dimensional sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-204

  Jang, Mijung ^a   Kim, Sun Mi ^a   Lyou, Chae Yeon ^a   Choi, Byung Se ^a   Choi, Sang Il ^a   Kim, Jae Hyoung ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nodule; Sonography; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

2- AND 3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHIES; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRAOBSERVER AGREEMENT; NODULE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; THYROID;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84856743861     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.2.197     Document Type: Review

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