In vivo and ex vivo techniques using elastic scattering spectroscopy for diagnosis of malignancy in the thyroid gland

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 2011. === OBJECTIVE: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy and patients presenting with thyroid nodules often undergo surgery solely for diagnostic purposes. The goal of our study was to examine the accuracy of Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy (ES...

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Main Author: Goukassian, Ilona Davidovna
Language:en_US
Published: Boston University 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/30916