Shear wave elasticity imaging of cervical lymph nodes

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-201

  Bhatia, Kunwar S S ^a   Cho, Carmen C M ^a   Tong, Cina S L ^a   Yuen, Edmund H Y ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elastography; Lymph nodes; Neck; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODES; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CUT-OFF; ELASTICITY IMAGING; ELASTOGRAMS; ELASTOGRAPHY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; NECK; PILOT STUDIES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

BODY FLUIDS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

SHEAR FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855517585     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.10.024     Document Type: Article

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