Two-dimensional shear wave elastography as promising diagnostic tool for predicting malignant thyroid nodules: a prospective single-centre experience

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 624-634

  Liu, Baoxian ^a   Liang, Jinyu ^a   Zheng, Yanling ^a   Xie, Xiaoyan ^a   Huang, Guangliang ^a   Zhou, Luyao ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Lu, Mingde ^a,b  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2D shear wave elastography; Fine needle aspiration; Malignancy; Thyroid nodules; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CANCER; TWO DIMENSIONAL SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; COLOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; IMAGE GUIDED BIOPSY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; THYROID NODULE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COLOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE-GUIDED BIOPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925538623     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3455-8     Document Type: Article

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