Comparison of Sonographic Appearance of Normal and Postradiotherapy Parotid Glands: A Preliminary Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1244-1250

  Ying, Michael ^a   Wu, Vincent W C ^a   Kwong, Dora L W ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Normal; Parotid gland; Radiotherapy; Ultrasound; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASES; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ECHOGENICITY; ECHOTEXTURE; GREY-SCALE EXAMINATION; HYPOECHOIC; INTRAPAROTID DUCTS; ISOECHOIC; PAROTID GLANDS; POSTRADIOTHERAPY PAROTID GLANDS; XEROSTOMIA;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROTID GLAND; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAROTID GLAND; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 34547120200     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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