Ultrasound Elastography. Its Potential Role in Assessment of Cervical Lymphadenopathy

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 849-855

  Tan, Rong ^a   Xiao, Ying ^a   He, Qun ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasound; cervical lymphadenopathy; power Doppler imaging; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POWER DOPPLER IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUDEN INDEX; ADOLESCENT; CERVICAL SPINE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952925829     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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