Interobserver agreement in assessing the sonographic and elastographic features of malignant thyroid nodules.

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Published in AJR Am J Roentgenol on November 01, 2009

Authors

Sung Hee Park1, Soo Jin Kim, Eun-Kyung Kim, Min Jung Kim, Eun Ju Son, Jin Young Kwak

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, South Korea.

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