Multivariate feature analysis of sonographic findings of metastatic cervical lymph nodes: Contribution of blood flow features revealed by power Doppler sonography for predicting metastasis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 561-567

  Chikui, Toru ^a   Yonetsu, Koichi ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CANCER; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0034014958     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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