Ultrasound Technology in Dermatology

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Schmid Wendtner, Monika Hildegard ^a   Dill Müller, Dorothee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

inflammatory skin disease; lymph node; melanoma; tumor thickness; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CYTOLOGY; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN DISEASES; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 43249099292     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2008.01.003     Document Type: Review

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