Malignancy risk of thyroid nodules: quality assessment of the thyroid ultrasound report.

Luis RaposoCláudia FreitasRaquel MartinsCatarina SaraivaIsabel ManitaMaria João OliveiraAna Paula MarquesBernardo MarquesGustavo RochaTeresa MartinsTeresa AzevedoFernando Rodrigues

Published in: BMC medical imaging (2022)

The adherence of Portuguese radiologists to a standardized reporting model and to an ultrasound-based malignancy risk stratification system is still low and has implications for the correct characterization of the malignancy risk of nodules and the decision to perform fine-needle aspiration biopsy.

Keyphrases

fine needle aspiration
ultrasound guided
magnetic resonance imaging
artificial intelligence
contrast enhanced ultrasound
decision making
computed tomography
deep learning
insulin resistance
psychometric properties