title: [Computer-aided evaluation of ultrasonic images of the thyroid].
abstract: Forty-two patients are described. The ultrasound patterns of normal and pathologically changed thyroid glands have been analysed with the aid of a computer. Using several parameters such as run-length histograms, brightness-histograms, middle run length and standard deviation, we are able to classify the patterns of a thyroid lobe or of a part of it into 4 or 5 major groups. The estimation of the benign or malignant character of the lesions with the used parameters must be controlled by further investigation.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003201:Computers; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D006042:Goiter / Q000175:diagnosis; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000295:instrumentation; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Rechnerunterstützte Auswertung von Ultraschallbildern der Schilddrüse.