Morphological MRI criteria improve the detection of lymph node metastases in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: Multivariate logistic regression analysis of MRI features of cervical lymph nodes

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 626-633

  de Bondt, R B J ^a   Nelemans, Patty J ^a   Bakers, F ^a   Casselman, Jan W ^b   Peutz Kootstra, Carine ^a   Kremer, B ^a   Hofman, Paul A M ^a   Beets Tan, R G H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Lymph nodes; Metastases; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 59949091305     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1187-3     Document Type: Article

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