| ACR-TIRADS | American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| BSRTC | Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| ETE | Extrathyroidal Extension |
| EU-TIRADS | European Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System |
| FNAB | Fine-needle aspiration biopsy |
| I-TIRADS | International Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System |
| K-TIRADS | Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System |
| PTC | Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma |
| ROC AUC | Receiver Operating Characteristic Area Under the Curve |
| RSSs | Risk stratification systems |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
| US | Ultrasonography |