High-resolution ultrasound imaging of cutaneous lesions

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-277

  Mandava, Anitha ^a   Ravuri, Prabhakar ^a   Konathan, Rajyalaxmi ^b  

^a Departments of Radiodiagnosis   (India)

^b Central Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; dermatology; high resolution ultrasound; skin

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; KERATIN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CRYOSURGERY; DERMATITIS; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOREIGN BODY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IN-TRANSIT METASTASIS; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; KERATINIZATION; LIPODERMATOSCLEROSIS; LUNG CANCER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOMA; MORPHEA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOMATRIXOMA; PILONIDAL SINUS; PSORIASIS; PULSATILE FLOW; SCLERODERMA; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; VASCULARIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84890087150     PISSN: 09713026     EISSN: 19983808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.120272     Document Type: Article

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