Development of a logistic regression formula for evaluation of subcentimeter thyroid nodules

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1023-1030

  Zhang, Mingbo ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Fu, Shuai ^a   Lv, Faqin ^a   Tang, Jie ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Nodule; Sonography; Superficial structures; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE; NODULE; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SUPERFICIAL STRUCTURES; THYROID;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID NODULE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902242414     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.6.1023     Document Type: Article

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