Conventional Ultrasonography and Real Time Ultrasound Elastography in the Differential Diagnosis of Degenerating Cystic Thyroid Nodules Mimicking Malignancy and Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas |
Wu, Hong-Xun
(Department of Ultrasound, Jiang Yuan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine (Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine))
Zhang, Bing-Jie (Department of Ultrasound, Jiang Yuan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine (Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine)) Wang, Jun (Department of Ultrasound, Jiang Yuan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine (Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine)) Zhu, Bei-Lin (Department of Ultrasound, Jiang Yuan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine (Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine)) Zang, Ya-Ping (Department of Ultrasound, Jiang Yuan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine (Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine)) Cao, Yue-Long (Department of Ultrasound, Jiang Yuan Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine (Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine)) |
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