Ultrasound elastography in the evaluation of thyroid nodules for thyroid cancer

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Carneiro Pla, Denise ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic radiation force impulse; Elastography; Shear wave elastography; Sonoelastography; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodules; Thyroid ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; STRAIN ELASTOGRAPHY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID MASS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84872004121     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: 1531703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32835a87c8     Document Type: Review

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