COMPUTER-BASED NODULE MALIGNANCY RISK ASSESSMENT IN THYROID ULTRASOUND IMAGES

Ioannis Legakis, Michalis A. Savelonas, Dimitris Maroulis, and Dimitris K. Iakovidis

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