Ultrasonography of abnormal neck lymph nodes

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Chan, Joe M ^a   Shin, Lewis K ^a   Jeffrey, R Brooke ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph nodes; Echogenicity; Gray scale; Hilum; Power Doppler sonography; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CALCIFICATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; NECK; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34247590422     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ruq.0000263839.84937.45     Document Type: Review

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