Ultrasound Histogram Assessment of Parotid Gland Injury Following Head-and-Neck Radiotherapy: A Feasibility Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1514-1521

  Yang, Xiaofeng ^a   Tridandapani, Srini ^a,b   Beitler, Jonathan J ^a,b   Yu, David S ^a,b   Yoshida, Emi J ^a   Curran, Walter J ^a,b   Liu, Tian ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo histogram; Head and neck cancer; Parotid gland; Radiation toxicity; Sonographic features; Ultrasound; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ECHO HISTOGRAM; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; PAROTID GLANDS; RADIATION TOXICITY; SONOGRAPHIC; XEROSTOMIA;

DISEASES; GRAPHIC METHODS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH INTENSITY AREA; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY WIDTH; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LOW INTENSITY AREA; MALE; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PAROTID GLAND INJURY; PEAK INTENSITY VALUE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION INJURIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84864582422     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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