Role of quantitative diffusion-weighted MRI and 1H MR spectroscopy in distinguishing between benign and malignant thyroid nodules

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-96

  Elshafey, Rasha ^a   Elattar, Ashraf ^a   Mlees, Mohamed ^a   Esheba, Noha ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ADC; Diffusion; MR spectroscopy; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84895911112     PISSN: 0378603X     EISSN: 20904762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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