Table 5. Information about the patient
Sex F
Age  19
Height  — cm 166
Weight  — kg 58
Thyroid volume  — cm3 15,1
Follow-up
ultrasound
examinations
 
1987— Normal 
1988— Normal 
1990— Normal 
1991— Normal 
1992— Normal 
1994— Normal 
1995— Normal 
1996— Normal 
1997— Normal
Comments Normal
 
 
Fig.19.1. Histogram of integrated optical density.
Number of sections - 5.
Number of pixels in 5 sections - 76617.
Integrated optical density - 0,2830±0,0778 (M±SD).
Normal.
 
 
 

Fig. 19.2. Echograms of the thyroid gland and their schematic representations. Normal. Scale 1:1.
The fig.19.2. includes sections No. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. The section number is given in the top right corner of the schematic representation.


























 



 

Fig.19.3. Reconstructed two-dimensional images of the thyroid gland. Normal. A - Right lateral view - projection on the sagittal plane. B - Anterior view - projection on the frontal plane. C - Posterior view - projection on the frontal plane. The images are 80% of the scale 1:1. Horizontal lines in fig.19.3.B show the levels of transverse section. Numbers in rectangular frame indicate the sections included in fig.19.2. Signs. 1 - musculus constrictor pharyngis inferior, 2 - cartilago thyroidea, 3 - cartilago cricoidea, 4 - glandula thyroidea, lobus dexter, 5 - oesophagus, 6 - vertebra, 7- trachea.