Clinical application of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in diagnosis of superficial lymphadenopathy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 735-740

  Yu, Ming ^a   Liu, Qing ^a,b   Song, Hong Ping ^a   Han, Zeng Hui ^a   Su, Hai Li ^a   He, Guang Bin ^a   Zhou, Xiao Dong ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Lintong Air Force Aeromedical Training Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Lymph nodes; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CONTRAST MEDIA; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; METASTATIC LYMPH NODES; PATHOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS; TIME-INTENSITY CURVES;

DIAGNOSIS;

CONTRAST AGENT BR1; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951950927     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.5.735     Document Type: Article

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