Open Access<p>Hounsfield Unit Values in ACR TI-RADS 4-5 Thyroid Nodules with Coarse Calcifications: An Important Imaging Feature Helpful for Diagnosis</p>
Author(s) -
Peiying Wei,
Niandong Jiang,
Jingjing Xiang,
Chenke Xu,
Jinwang Ding,
Haibin Wang,
Dingcun Luo,
Zhijiang Han
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s242524
Subject(s) - hounsfield scale , thyroid nodules , medicine , feature (linguistics) , radiology , nuclear medicine , thyroid , computed tomography , linguistics , philosophy
The purpose of this study is to investigate the diagnostic role of Hounsfield unit (HU) values on noncontrast computed tomography (CT) for differentiating benignity from malignancy in the American College of Radiology (ACR) Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) 4-5 nodules with coarse calcifications.