Artificial intelligence in thyroid ultrasound

CL Cao, QL Li, J Tong, LN Shi, WX Li, Y Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly deep learning (DL) algorithms, has demonstrated
remarkable progress in image-recognition tasks, enabling the automatic quantitative …

Texture analysis and machine learning to characterize suspected thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer: Where do we stand?

M Sollini, L Cozzi, A Chiti, M Kirienko - European journal of radiology, 2018 - Elsevier
In thyroid imaging,“texture” refers to the echographic appearence of the parenchyma or a
nodule. However, definition of the image characteristics is operator dependent and …

Automated detection and classification of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images using clinical-knowledge-guided convolutional neural networks

T Liu, Q Guo, C Lian, X Ren, S Liang, J Yu, L Niu… - Medical image …, 2019 - Elsevier
Accurate diagnosis of thyroid nodules using ultrasonography is a valuable but tough task
even for experienced radiologists, considering both benign and malignant nodules have …

A pre-trained convolutional neural network based method for thyroid nodule diagnosis

J Ma, F Wu, J Zhu, D Xu, D Kong - Ultrasonics, 2017 - Elsevier
In ultrasound images, most thyroid nodules are in heterogeneous appearances with various
internal components and also have vague boundaries, so it is difficult for physicians to …

Ultrasound-based differentiation of malignant and benign thyroid Nodules: An extreme learning machine approach

J Xia, H Chen, Q Li, M Zhou, L Chen, Z Cai… - Computer methods and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background and objectives It is important to be able to accurately distinguish between
benign and malignant thyroid nodules in order to make appropriate clinical decisions. The …

A generic deep learning framework to classify thyroid and breast lesions in ultrasound images

YC Zhu, A AlZoubi, S Jassim, Q Jiang, Y Zhang… - Ultrasonics, 2021 - Elsevier
Breast and thyroid cancers are the two common cancers to affect women worldwide.
Ultrasonography (US) is a commonly used non-invasive imaging modality to detect breast …

Multitask cascade convolution neural networks for automatic thyroid nodule detection and recognition

W Song, S Li, J Liu, H Qin, B Zhang… - IEEE journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thyroid ultrasonography is a widely used clinical technique for nodule diagnosis in thyroid
regions. However, it remains difficult to detect and recognize the nodules due to low …

Cascade convolutional neural networks for automatic detection of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images

J Ma, F Wu, T Jiang, J Zhu, D Kong - Medical physics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose It is very important for calculation of clinical indices and diagnosis to detect thyroid
nodules from ultrasound images. However, this task is a challenge mainly due to …

Deep learning-based CAD system design for thyroid tumor characterization using ultrasound images

N Yadav, R Dass, J Virmani - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) system is preferred for automatic thyroid tumor
ultrasound image characterization instead of manual assessment by the experts …

TS-DSANN: Texture and shape focused dual-stream attention neural network for benign-malignant diagnosis of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images

L Tang, C Tian, H Yang, Z Cui, Y Hui, K Xu… - Medical Image Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, accurate diagnosis of thyroid nodules has played a critical role in precision
medicine and healthcare system management. Due to complicated changes in ultrasound …