Diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography for cervical metastases at different anatomical levels in carcinoma of the tongue

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 246-248

  Ogura, I ^a   Kurabayashi, T ^a   Amagasa, T ^a   Sasaki, T ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, squamous cell; Neoplasm, metastasis; Tomography, X ray computed; Tongue neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS; TONGUE TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOPAMIDOL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035459573     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600624     Document Type: Article

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