Common applications of dermatologic sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-111

  Wortsman, Ximena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dermatologic sonography; Fillers; Nail sonography; Skin cancer; Skin sonography; Skin ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FILLERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

MALIGNANT SKIN TUMOR; NAKED-EYE; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; SKIN CANCERS; SKIN SONOGRAPHY; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DERMATOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR;

DERMATOLOGY; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84855373776     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.1.97     Document Type: Review

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