Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 245-251 , March 2007

Power Doppler US patterns of vascularity and spectral Doppler US parameters in predicting malignancy in thyroid nodules

  • S. Tamsel

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: S. Tamsel, Ege University Hospital Department of Radiology, Bornova, 35100 Izmir, Turkey. Tel.: +90 232 3904142; fax: +90 232 3420001.
    • ,
  • G. Demirpolat

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology
    • ,
  • M. Erdogan

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology
    • ,
  • D. Nart

      Affiliations

    • Pathology
    • ,
  • M. Karadeniz

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology
    • ,
  • H. Uluer

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics, Ege University School of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • A.G. Ozgen

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology

Received 30 July 2006 ,Revised 8 October 2006 ,Accepted 23 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.10.003

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 3 , Pages 245-251 , March 2007

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