Ultrasound of neck lymph nodes: How to do it and how do they look?

Radiography

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-117

  Ying, Michael ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Neck lymph nodes; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 33646488244     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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