Preoperative assessment of gastric cancer vascularity by flash echo imaging

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 608-612

  Okanobu, H ^a   Hata, J ^a   Haruma, Ken ^a   Matsumura, S ^a   Yoshida, S ^a   Kitadai, Y ^a   Tanaka, S ^a   Chayama, K ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD34; Flash echo imaging; Gastric cancer; Microvessel count; Tumor vascularity

Indexed keywords

SHU 508; CD34 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLASH ECHO IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTRECTOMY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STOMACH TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIGENS, CD34; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036000216     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520252903189     Document Type: Article

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