Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification of Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse: A New Ultrasound Elastic Imaging in the Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules

• Yi-Feng Zhang,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

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• Hui-Xiong Xu ,

  * E-mail: xuhuixiong@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

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• Yong He,

  Affiliations Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Medical Ultrasound, Yichang Central People’s Hospital, The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, People’s Republic of China

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• Chang Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

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• Le-Hang Guo,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

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• Lin-Na Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

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• Jun-Mei Xu

  Affiliation Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tenth People’s Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

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