Three-dimensional ultrasound measurement of cervical lymph node volume

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 980, 2009, Pages 617-625

  Ying, Michael ^a   Pang, B S F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NECK; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650657508     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/17611956     Document Type: Article

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