CT and duplex scanning: A comparison of imaging techniques for evaluation of the carotid tree in head and neck cancer patients

Oral Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1009-1013

  Brennan, Peter A ^a   Oeppen, Rachel S ^b   Bater, Michael C ^a   Khosla, Nalin ^a   Davies, Ben ^a   Puxeddu, Roberto ^a   Atchley, Julian ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Clinical Radiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; CT; Duplex scanning; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53849126477     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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