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In the past 15 years, high-frequency B-mode ultrasound (US) and power Doppler have become two of the most important and widely employed imaging modalities for the study of the soft tissues of the neck, in particular for the thyroid gland and cervical lymph nodes (Solbiati et al., Eur Radiol, 11(12):2411–2424, 2001). The superficial position of the thyroid gland facilitates the use of diagnostic ultrasound (US) as an imaging technique (Barraclough and Barraclough, World J Surg, 24(2):158–165, 2000) and allows the detection, and often the characterization, of the diseases of the thyroid. |
