· Location (example—right upper lobe/if anterior or posterior)

· Nodule size (in three dimensions)

· Category of the ultrasonographic characteristics of the thyroid nodule:

o Composition of the nodule:

§ Solid, cystic or spongiform

o Echogenicity:

§ Isoechoic, hyperechoic, hypoechoic

o Margins:

§ Regular

§ Irregular

§ Defined as infiltrative, micro-lobulated or spiculated

o Presence and type of calcifications:

§ Marco-calcifications or microcalcifications

o Shape:

§ If the nodule is taller than wide

o Vascularity:

§ Central or peripheral