Comparison analysis between conventional ultrasonography and ultrasound elastography of thyroid nodules

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1806-1811

  Cong, Shuzhen ^a  

^a GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Conventional ultrasonography; Thyroid nodules; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHINA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864431648     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.02.070     Document Type: Article

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