Open AccessThe Value of Relative Size in the Ultrasound Diagnosis of Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm
Author(s) -
Sufang Zhang,
Liyan Huang,
Qingshan Huang,
Weili Wei,
Ling Xie,
Jinshu Zeng,
Qing Gu,
Ling Chen,
Shuqiang Chen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s313468
Subject(s) - medicine , nodule (geology) , echogenicity , thyroid nodules , thyroid , radiology , receiver operating characteristic , calcification , ultrasound , goiter , value (mathematics) , ultrasonography , nuclear medicine , machine learning , computer science , paleontology , biology
Ultrasonography as the first choice for thyroid nodules is still difficult to distinguish between solid follicular thyroid neoplasm (FTN) and solid nodular goiter (NG). We tried to investigate the value of relative size (M/S, M: the maximum diameter of target nodule, S: the maximum diameter of the largest of the remaining nodules) that may help to differentiate FTN from NG.