Detection of small inflammatory and metastatic lymph nodes in rabbits by sonography: Evaluation with the resistive index ratio

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-241

  Huang, Ying ^a   Hu, Steven Bing ^a   Wu, Rong ^a   Xu, Fan Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inflammatory; Lymph nodes; Metastatic; Rabbit; Resistive index

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RESISTIVE INDEX RATIO; SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

METICILLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENITIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RABBIT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 38849117811     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.2.233     Document Type: Article

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