Detection of lymph node metastases in head and neck cancer: A meta-analysis comparing US, USgFNAC, CT and MR imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 266-272

  de Bondt, R B J ^a   Nelemans, P J ^a   Hofman, P A M ^a   Casselman, J W ^b   Kremer, B ^a   van Engelshoven, J M A ^a   Beets Tan, R G H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Head and Neck; Lymph nodes; Meta analysis; Metastases; Radiological imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METADATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

HEAD AND NECK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPH NODES; RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING;

ONCOLOGY;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IRON; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODDS RATIO; OXIDES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 35348887678     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.02.037     Document Type: Review

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