In vitro investigation of lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer using ultrasonic spectral parameters

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 235-243

  Noritomi, Tomoaki ^a   Machi, Junji ^b   Feleppa, Ernest J ^c   Yanagihara, Eugene ^d   Shirouzu, Kazuo ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasound; Colorectal cancer; Lymph node; Lymph node metastasis; Power spectrum analysis; Ultrasonic tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODES; ULTRASONIC TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION (UTC);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

EID: 18244431218     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00274-3     Document Type: Article

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