Cervical lymph nodes

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 493-500

  Mack, Martin G ^a   Rieger, Jörg ^a   Baghi, Mehran ^a   Bisdas, Sotirios ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Lymph nodes; MRI and CT images

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOLOGY;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT (ADC); DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING (DWI); LYMPH NODES; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE PARTICLES (USPIO);

TUMORS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IRON; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OXIDES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 44649150247     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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