Three-dimensional quantitative ultrasound for detecting lymph node metastases

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 258-269

  Saegusa Beecroft, Emi ^a,b   Machi, Junji ^a   Mamou, Jonathan ^c   Hata, Masaki ^d   Coron, Alain ^e,f   Yanagihara, Eugene T ^b   Yamaguchi, Tadashi ^g   Oelze, Michael L ^h   Laugier, Pascal ^e,f   Feleppa, Ernest J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; High frequency ultrasound; Lymph node metastases; Lymph node micrometastases; Prospective cohort study; Step sectioning histology; Three dimensional quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMACH CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879125875     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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