Computed tomography image characteristics of metastatic lymph nodes in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 606-610

  Hung, Shih Han ^a   Lin, Chien Yu ^b   Lee, Jui Ying ^c   Tseng, How ^d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Chen An Otolaryngology Clinic   (Taiwan)

^c CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Lacunarity; Lymph node metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIABILITY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863875507     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: 18791476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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