Prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid cancer using combined conventional ultrasound, strain elastography, and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography.

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To investigate the value of combined conventional ultrasound (US), strain elastography (SE) and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography for prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur Radiol

Title: European radiology

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1432-1084

ISSN (Print): 0938-7994

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2016

Volume: 26

Issue: 8

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[1 ] Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Ultrasound Research and Education Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, China.

[2 ] Thyroid Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, China.

[3 ] Department of Ultrasound, Guangdong Medical College Affiliated Hospital, 524001, Zhanjiang, China.

[4 ] Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Ultrasound Research and Education Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, China. xuhuixiong@hotmail.com.

[5 ] Thyroid Institute, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, China. xuhuixiong@hotmail.com.

[6 ] Department of Ultrasound, Guangdong Medical College Affiliated Hospital, 524001, Zhanjiang, China. xuhuixiong@hotmail.com.

[7 ] Department of Medical Ultrasound, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, No.301, Yanchangzhong Road, Shanghai, 200072, China. xuhuixiong@hotmail.com.

[8 ] Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, China.

[9 ] Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s00330-015-4088-2

DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-4088-2

PubMed ID: 26560715

SO-VID: ab8f7e9d-ecaa-40a9-b22a-52339a6f551e

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Keywords: Acoustic radiation force impulse,Conventional ultrasound,Thyroid cancer,Thyroid nodule,Virtual touch tissue imaging

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Keywords: Acoustic radiation force impulse, Conventional ultrasound, Thyroid cancer, Thyroid nodule, Virtual touch tissue imaging

Prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid cancer using combined conventional ultrasound, strain elastography, and acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography.

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