Quantitative evaluation of contrast-enhanced ultrasound after intravenous administration of a microbubble contrast agent for differentiation of benign and malignant thyroid nodules: Assessment of diagnostic accuracy

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1357-1365

  Nemec, Ursula ^a   Nemec, Stefan F ^a   Novotny, Clemens ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Czerny, Christian ^a   Krestan, Christian R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Pulse inversion harmonic imaging; Quantitative analysis; Second generation microbubble contrast agent; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN THYROID NODULE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT THYROID NODULE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861532150     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2385-6     Document Type: Article

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