Objective: Conventional fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) for cystic thyroid nodules (CTNs) has a high rate of nondiagnostic and false-negative results. Ultrasound-guided FNAB (UG-FNAB ...

The taller-than-wide thyroid nodule feature did not demonstrate sufficient power to differentiate between malignant and benign nodules.

"To the best of our knowledge, this is the first in-human study of fully autonomous robotic ultrasound scanning for thyroid." According to Du Guanglong, study author and professor at SCUT ...