Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse: A New Ultrasound Elastic Imaging in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Yi Feng ^a   Xu, Hui Xiong ^a   He, Yong ^a,b   Liu, Chang ^a   Guo, Le Hang ^a   Liu, Lin Na ^a   Xu, Jun Mei ^a  

^a TENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; TISSUE STIFFNESS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIRTUAL TOUCH TISSUE QUANTIFICATION;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEAR STRENGTH; THYROID NODULE; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869028796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049094     Document Type: Article

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