Development and application of magnetic resonance elastography of the normal and pathological thyroid gland in vivo

To noninvasively assess the shear stiffness of the thyroid gland in vivo in order to determine whether magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) might hold clinical utility in the diagnosis of thyroid disease.

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