Radiology reports for incidental thyroid nodules on CT and MRI: High variability across subspecialties

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 397-402

  Grady, A T ^a   Sosa, J A ^a,b,c   Tanpitukpongse, T P ^a   Choudhury, K R ^a   Gupta, R T ^a   Hoang, J K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEURORADIOLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX; THYROID NODULE; AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SPINE; STANDARDS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; THORAX; THYROID NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84922858540     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4089     Document Type: Article

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