Staging N0 oral cancer: Lymphoscintigraphy and conventional imaging

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 492-496

  Thomsen, J B ^a   Sorensen J A ^a   Grupe, P ^a   Karstoft, J ^a   Krogdahl, A ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Head neck; Lymphatic; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radionuclide studies; Surgery; Ultrasound power Doppler

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY; ULTRASONICS;

HEAD/NECK; LYMPHATIC; RADIONUCLIDE STUDIES; ULTRASOUND POWER DOPPLER;

TUMORS;

CHLORIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RHENIUM; RHENIUM SULFIDE; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH; MOUTH TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLORIDES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHENIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 27744466749     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850510021373     Document Type: Article

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