Real-time qualitative ultrasound elastography of cervical lymph nodes in routine clinical practice: Interobserver agreement and correlation with malignancy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1990-1997

  Bhatia, Kunwar S S ^a   Cho, Carmen C M ^a   Yuen, Yuen Hok ^a   Rasalkar, Darshana D ^a   King, Ann D ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elastography; Lymph nodes; Neck; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL LYMPH NODES; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CUT-OFF; ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATIONS; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; NECK; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

BODY FLUIDS; CYTOLOGY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OBSERVER VARIATION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449306435     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.08.016     Document Type: Article

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