Detection of occult metastatic lymph nodes in the neck with gray-scale and power Doppler US

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 312-319

  Wang, Q ^a   Takashima, Shodayu ^a   Takayama, F ^a   Wang, J C ^a   Kawakami, S ^a   Saito, A ^a   Matsushita, T ^a   Sone, S ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasm, metastasis; Lymphatic system; Ultrasonography, power doppler studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035324581     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418501127346701     Document Type: Article

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