Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 201-208, February 2009

Characterization of the Major Histopathological Components of Thyroid Nodules Using Sonographic Textural Features for Clinical Diagnosis and Management

  • Shao-Jer Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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  • Sung-Nien Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jeh-En Tzeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yen-Ting Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Southern Taiwan University, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ku-Yaw Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Da-Yeh University, Changhua, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuo-Sheng Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Information Engineering, Kun Shan University, Tainan County, TAIWAN, ROC
    • ,
  • Fu-Tsung Hsiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chang-Kuo Wei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrine Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Chang-Kuo Wei, MD, Department of Endocrine Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

Received 18 May 2008; received in revised form 31 July 2008; accepted 21 August 2008. published online 17 November 2008.

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PII: S0301-5629(08)00389-X

doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.08.017

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 201-208, February 2009

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