Does ultrasound contrast agent improve the diagnostic value of colour and power Doppler sonography in superficial lymph node enlargement?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 252-257

  Schulte Altedorneburg, Gernot ^a,c   Demharter, Johannes ^a   Linné, Renate ^a   Droste, Dirk W ^b   Bohndorf, Klaus ^a   Bücklein, Wolfgang ^a  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Doppler sonography; Echo enhancement; Lymph node metastasis; Reactive lymph nodes; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FLOW PATTERNS; HISTOLOGY; ULTRASONICS;

COLOR-CODED DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY (CCDS); POWER DOPPLER (PD); ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT (UCA);

RADIOLOGY;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; POWER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0344063431     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(03)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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