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The AIUM represents the entire range of clinical and basic science interests in medical
diagnostic ultrasound, and, with hundreds of volunteers, the AIUM has promoted the
safe and effective use of ultrasound in clinical medicine for more than 50 years. This
document and others like it will continue to advance this mission.
Practice guidelines of the AIUM are intended to provide the medical ultrasound com-
munity with guidelines for the performance and recording of high-quality ultrasound
examinations. The guidelines reflect what the AIUM considers the minimum criteria
for a complete examination in each area but are not intended to establish a legal stan-
dard of care. AIUM-accredited practices are expected to generally follow the guidelines
with recognition that deviations from these guidelines will be needed in some cases,
depending on patient needs and available equipment. Practices are encouraged to
go beyond the guidelines to provide additional service and information as needed.
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Sonography in the diagnosis of cervical needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules:
recurrence in patients with differentiated adequacy of cytologic material and procedure
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Prevalence and distribution of carcinoma in Furtado AP, Brasil BA, Czepielewski MA.
patients with solitary and multiple thyroid Ultrasonography: is it useful in the diagnosis
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malignancy of thyroid nodules as assessed by Ultrasonographically guided thyroid biopsy:
sonographic criteria: the need for biopsy. a review with emphasis on technique.
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9. Kim EK, Park CS, Chung WY, et al. New sono- 18. Reeder SB, Desser TS, Weigel RJ, Jeffrey RB.
graphic criteria for recommending fine-needle Sonography in primary hyperparathyroidism:
aspiration biopsy of nonpalpable solid nodules review with emphasis on scanning technique.
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10. Lewis BD, Charboneau JW, Reading CC. Ultrasonographic differentiation between
Ultrasound-guided biopsy and ablation in the metastatic and benign lymph nodes in
neck. Ultrasound Q 2002; 18:3–12. patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.
J Ultrasound Med 2005; 24:1385–1389.