Shear wave elastography of thyroid nodules in routine clinical practice: Preliminary observations and utility for detecting malignancy

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2397-2406

  Bhatia, Kunwar S S ^a   Tong, Cina S L ^a   Cho, Carmen C M ^a   Yuen, Edmund H Y ^a   Lee, Yolanda Y P ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elasticity imaging; Shearwave elastography; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CELL BIOLOGY; CHILD; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84870350622     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2495-1     Document Type: Article

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