Microbubble contrast-enhanced ultrasound for sentinel lymph node detection: Ready for prime time?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-250

  Yang, Wei Tse ^a   Goldberg, Barry B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Microbubble contrast media; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

PERFLUBUTANE;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROBUBBLE; MICROMETASTASIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NOTE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IRON; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MICROBUBBLES; OXIDES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 79251494113     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5707     Document Type: Note

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