Open AccessThe value of the computer-aided diagnosis system for thyroid lesions based on computed tomography images
Author(s) -
Chenbin Liu,
Shanshan Chen,
Yuanyuan Yang,
Dangdang Shao,
Wenxian Peng,
Yan Wang,
Yihong Chen,
Yuenan Wang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-4292
pISSN - 2223-4306
DOI - 10.21037/qims.2019.04.01
Subject(s) - thyroid nodules , medicine , radiology , malignancy , differential diagnosis , thyroid cancer , thyroid , receiver operating characteristic , nodule (geology) , pathology , paleontology , biology
Thyroid nodules are commonly found at palpation amounting to 4-7% of the asymptomatic population and 50% of the cases are found at autopsy. Only a small proportion of thyroid nodules are malignant. The major challenge is the differential diagnosis of benign or malignant thyroid nodules, so we aim to develop the computer-assisted diagnostic method based on computed tomography (CT) images for thyroid lesions.