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Table 2 Nodule characteristics

From: Volume reduction of benign thyroid nodules 3 months after a single treatment with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)

Patient number

TN location

Average depth of focal point during treatment in mm

99m Tc-pertechnetate uptake behaviour/functionality

Nodular structure

TN volume in cm 3

TN height diameter in mm

TN width diameter in mm

TN depth diameter in mm

Before treatment

3 months after treatment

Before treatment

3 months after treatment

Before treatment

3 months after treatment

Before treatment

3 months after treatment

1

Cranial left

24.3

Cold

Solid

1.1

0.7

12.2

13.9

13.8

10.9

13.9

10.1

2

Caudal left

18.3

Hot

Solid

0.8

0.2

13.1

5.4

9.3

5.1

13.8

12.6

3

Isthmal

13.6

Cold

Echocomplex

4.3

2.2

16.2

11.0

23.2

19.9

24.2

21.4

4

Caudal right

14.7

Hot

Echocomplex

1.7

0.6

11.4

6.6

16.0

16.2

20.0

12.6

5

Centro-cranial right

14.4

Cold

Solid

3.5

2.2

13.8

8.5

20.3

21.3

25.9

25.0

6

Cranial left

17.1

Cold

Solid

1.0

0.3

9.0

6.6

16.3

8.3

15.4

11.3

7

Centro-caudal right

21.4

Indifferent

Echocomplex

3.8

3.3

15.3

18.1

18.2

14.5

29.2

25.4

8

Caudal left

23.7

Cold

Echocomplex

7.7

3.0

21.2

8.8

25.4

27.6

29.8

25.6

9

Centro-caudal left

23.6

Cold

Echocomplex

4.0

3.5

18.5

17.2

27.8

28.4

16.1

15.0

  1. This table shows detailed information on each treated nodule.