Quantitative evaluation of contrast-enhanced ultrasound after intravenous administration of a microbubble contrast agent for differentiation of benign and malignant thyroid nodules: assessment of diagnostic accuracy

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[2] Woolner LB(2010)Executive Summary of recommendations J Endocrinol Invest 33 287-291

[3] Bennett WA(2004)Clinical practice The thyroid nodule. N Engl J Med 351 1764-1771

[4] Gharib H(2005)Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (2005) Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound. Management of thyroid nodules detected at US: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound consensus conference statement Radiology 237 794-800

[5] Papini E(2008)Benign and malignant thyroid nodules: US differentiation—multicenter retrospective study Radiology 247 762-770

[6] Paschke R(2007)US Features of thyroid malignancy: pearls and pitfalls Radiographics 27 847-860

[7] Hegedüs L(2008)Vascular pattern and spectral parameters of power Doppler ultrasound as predictors of malignancy risk in thyroid nodules Laryngoscope 118 2182-2186

[8] Frates MC(2003)Can color Doppler sonography aid in the prediction of malignancy of thyroid nodules? J Ultrasound Med 22 127-131

[9] Benson CB(2010)Can vascularity at power Doppler US help predict thyroid malignancy? Radiology 255 260-269

[10] Charboneau JW(2010)Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for molecular imaging of angiogenesis Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37 138-146

[1] Mortensen JD(1955)Gross and microscopic findings in clinically normal thyroid glands J Clin Endocrinol Metab 15 1270-1280

[2] Woolner LB(2010)Executive Summary of recommendations J Endocrinol Invest 33 287-291

[3] Bennett WA(2004)Clinical practice The thyroid nodule. N Engl J Med 351 1764-1771

[4] Gharib H(2005)Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (2005) Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound. Management of thyroid nodules detected at US: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound consensus conference statement Radiology 237 794-800

[5] Papini E(2008)Benign and malignant thyroid nodules: US differentiation—multicenter retrospective study Radiology 247 762-770

[6] Paschke R(2007)US Features of thyroid malignancy: pearls and pitfalls Radiographics 27 847-860

[7] Hegedüs L(2008)Vascular pattern and spectral parameters of power Doppler ultrasound as predictors of malignancy risk in thyroid nodules Laryngoscope 118 2182-2186

[8] Frates MC(2003)Can color Doppler sonography aid in the prediction of malignancy of thyroid nodules? J Ultrasound Med 22 127-131

[9] Benson CB(2010)Can vascularity at power Doppler US help predict thyroid malignancy? Radiology 255 260-269

[10] Charboneau JW(2010)Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for molecular imaging of angiogenesis Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37 138-146