Enhancement characteristics of lymphomatous lymph nodes of the neck

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-562

  Hagtvedt, Trond ^a   Aaløkken, Trond Mogens ^a   Smith, Hans Jørgen ^a,c   Graff, Bjørn Anton ^b   Holte, Harald ^a   Kolbenstvedt, Alf ^a,c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Contrast medium; CT; Lymph nodes; Lymphoma; Neck

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AFTER-TREATMENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTROL GROUPS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; MEAN PERCENTAGE; NECK; NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952738263     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841851003698198     Document Type: Article

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