Quantitative analysis of echogenicity for patients with thyroid nodules

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wu, Ming Hsun ^a   Chen, Chiung Nien ^a   Chen, Kuen Yuan ^a   Ho, Ming Chih ^a   Tai, Hao Chih ^a   Wang, Yu Hsin ^b   Chen, Argon ^c   Chang, King Jen ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b AmCad BioMed Corporation   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; THYROID NODULE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992436564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep35632     Document Type: Article

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