Color-coded duplex sonography of the cervical lymph nodes: Improved differential diagnostic assessment after administration of the signal enhancer SH U 508A (Levovist)®

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 453-458

  Rickert, D ^b   Jecker, P ^a,b   Metzler, V ^b   Lehmann, T ^b   Ernst, E ^b   Westhofen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph node pathology; Color coded duplex sonography; Lymph node vascularity; Signal enhancer

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0033782562     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004059900210     Document Type: Article

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