CT, MR, US, 18F-FDG PET/CT, and their combined use for the assessment of cervical lymph node metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 634-642

  Yoon, Dae Young ^a   Hwang, Hee Sung ^b   Chang, Suk Ki ^a   Rho, Young Soo ^a   Ahn, Hwoe Young ^a   Kim, Jin Hwan ^a   Lee, In Jae ^b  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Head and neck; Lymph node metastases; Magnetic resonance imaging; Positron emission tomography computed tomography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 59949104418     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1192-6     Document Type: Article

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