A Preliminary Study of Quantitative Ultrasound for Cancer-Risk Assessment of Thyroid Nodules

A Preliminary Study of Quantitative Ultrasound for Cancer-Risk Assessment of Thyroid Nodules

BackgroundGray-scale, B-mode ultrasound (US) imaging is part of the standard clinical procedure for evaluating thyroid nodules (TNs). It is limited by its instrument- and operator-dependence and inter-observer variability. In addition, the accepted high-risk B-mode US TN features are more specific f...

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Main Authors: Poorani N. Goundan, Jonathan Mamou, Daniel Rohrbach, Jason Smith, Harshal Patel, Kirk D. Wallace, Ernest J. Feleppa, Stephanie L. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
thyroid neoplasm
thyroid nodule
thyroid cancer
thyroid biopsy
quantitative ultrasound
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2021.627698/full

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