Fractal analysis of thyroid ultrasound image data evaluation

Abstract

The prediction or early diagnosis of thyroid diseases is really important for healthy life of people. Computer aid diagnosis (CAD) system and ultrasound diagnostic technology can be pretty useful for any treatment thyroid diseases such as lesion, cyst and nodule. In our study is used fractal analysis that can be said as a branch of CAD system and ultrasound diagnostic technology, for analyzing thyroid ultrasound image data. The growth of any lesion or nodule on thyroid can be estimated from fractal analysis on ultrasound images of a thyroid patient. Fractal analysis used as an ultrasound diagnostic technology can help in preventing redundant needle biopsy to patients who have benign thyroid nodules.