Current status of power Doppler and color Doppler sonography in the differential diagnosis of lymph node lesions

European Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1785-1793

  Steinkamp, Hermann J ^a   Wissgott, C ^a   Rademaker, J ^a   Felix, R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; NECK CYST; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0036634845     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300101111     Document Type: Article

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