Sentinel node identification using microbubbles and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 687-694

  Sever, A R ^a   Mills, P ^a   Jones, S E ^a   Mali, W ^b   Jones, P A ^a  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MICROBUBBLE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861600055     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.11.009     Document Type: Review

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