Differentiation between malignant and benign thyroid nodules and stratification of papillary thyroid cancer with aggressive histological features: Whole‐lesion diffusion‐weighted imaging histogram analysis

To explore the usefulness of whole‐lesion histogram analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) derived from reduced field‐of‐view (r‐FOV) diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) in differentiating malignant and benign thyroid nodules and stratifying papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) with aggressive histological features.

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