High frequency 40-MHz ultrasound: A possible noninvasive method for the assessment of the boundary of basal cell carcinomas

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-136

  Gupta, Aditya K ^a   Turnbull, Daniel H ^a,b,c,e   Foster, F Stuart ^a,c   Harasiewicz, Kasia A ^a,b   Shum, David T ^d   Prussick, Ronald ^a   Watteel, Gena N ^d   Hurst, Lawrence N ^d   Sauder, Daniel N ^a,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030032601     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00494.x     Document Type: Article

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