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Cases were divided into three subgroups according to age: 3\u20136, 7\u201312 and 13\u201317 years. Gender, age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (fT4) values were recorded. Volume and SMI measurements were performed with a 14\u00a0L5\u00a0mHz linear transducer. VI measurements were performed in the transverse and longitudinal planes and correlation with basic descriptive data was researched.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpem-2020-0224_abs_003_w2aab3b7c59b1b6b1aab1c15b3Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Mean age was 11.14\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.34 years and BMI was 19.95\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04.92. VI values were 4.59\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.34 in the right lobe and 4.23\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.73 for the left lobe, with no significant difference identified. There were no significant differences in mean VI for all parenchyma regarding gender and age groups. While there was no correlation identified with mean VI for all parenchyma with TSH and fT4, there was, however, a negative correlation with BMI.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_jpem-2020-0224_abs_004_w2aab3b7c59b1b6b1aab1c15b4Aa\">\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Reference VI values for normal thyroid glands in healthy children and adolescents were defined with the SMI method. There was no correlation between the VI values and age, gender, volume, TSH and fT4 values, while there was a negative significant correlation with BMI.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/jpem-2020-0224","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,28]],"date-time":"2020-08-28T19:14:23Z","timestamp":1598642063000},"page":"1139-1145","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Assessment of thyroid gland vascularity with superb microvascular imaging in healthy children and its relationship with potential factors"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"33","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5585-1476","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mehmet","family":"Ozturk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology , Alaeddin Keykubat Yerle\u015fkesi, Akademi Mah , Konya , Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mehmet Sedat","family":"Durmaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology , Alaeddin Keykubat Yerle\u015fkesi, Akademi Mah , Konya , Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fatih","family":"Ate\u015f","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology , Alaeddin Keykubat Yerle\u015fkesi, Akademi Mah , Konya , Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Turgay","family":"Kara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology , Sut\u00e7u Imam University , Kahramanmara\u015f , Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Funda G\u00f6kg\u00f6z","family":"Durmaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Karatay Community Health Center Family Medicine , Konya , Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nesibe","family":"Aky\u00fcrek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Endocrinology , Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University , Konya , Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021052023504069243_j_jpem-2020-0224_ref_001_w2aab3b7c59b1b6b1ab2b1b1Aa","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Kim, SJ, Kim, EK, Park, CS, Chung, WY, Oh, KK, Yoo, HS. 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