Prospective evaluation of multiparametric ultrasound and quantitative elastosonography in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules: Preliminary experience

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2678-2683

  Cantisani, Vito ^a   D'Andrea, Vito ^a   Biancari, Fausto ^b   Medvedyeva, Olena ^a   Di Segni, Mattia ^a   Olive, Matteo ^a   Patrizi, Gregorio ^a   Redler, Adriano ^a   De Antoni E, Enrico ^a   Masciangelo, Raffaele ^a   Frezzotti, Francesca ^a   Ricci, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Color Doppler US; Elastosonography; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN THYROID NODULE; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT THYROID NODULE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84865263767     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.11.056     Document Type: Article

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