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Use of a curved‐array transducer to reduce interobserver variation in sonographic measurement of thyroid volume in healthy adults

Els Y. Peeters, Wael Shabana, Peter A. Verbeek, M Osteaux

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound · 2003 · 11 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

To avoid significant interobserver variation in calculating thyroid lobe volume, we recommend using a curved-array transducer to measure the craniocaudal diameter of the thyroid lobes.

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Thyroid ultrasound compared with World Health Organization 1960 and 1994 palpation criteria for determination of goiter prevalence in regions of mild and severe iodine deficiency

M Zimmermann, Amina Sâad, Sonja Y. Hess et al. · European Journal of Endocrinology · 2000 · 109 citations · Full text

Toward a consensus on reference values for thyroid volume in iodine-replete schoolchildren: results of a workshop on inter-observer and inter-equipment variation in sonographic measurement of thyroid volume

MB Zimmermann, Luciano Molinari, M. Spehl et al. · European Journal of Endocrinology · 2001 · 100 citations

Local versus WHO/International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders-recommended thyroid volume reference in the assessment of iodine deficiency disorders

LC Foo, Ayesha Zulfiqar, M Nafikudin et al. · European Journal of Endocrinology · 1999 · 86 citations

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P. Vitti · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 1994 · 73 citations

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The Use of Three-Dimensional Ultrasound for Thyroid Volumetry

Susanne Schlögl, E Werner, J. Terekhova et al. · Thyroid · 2001 · 71 citations

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