The efficacy of MRI with ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide particles (USPIO) in head and neck cancers

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3665-3670

  Baghi, Mehran ^a   Mack, Martin G ^a   Hambek, Markus ^a   Rieger, Joerg ^a   Vogl, Thomas ^a   Gstoettner, Wolfgang ^a   Knecht, Rainald ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lymph node staging in head and neck cancers; MR lymphography; Sinerem MRI

Indexed keywords

ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 23344444677     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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