Quantification of intranodal vascularity by computer pixel-counting method enhances the accuracy of ultrasound in distinguishing metastatic and tuberculous cervical lymph nodes | Zendy

Sammy C.H. Cheng | Zendy; Anil T. Ahuja | Zendy; Michael Ying | Zendy

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Quantification of intranodal vascularity by computer pixel-counting method enhances the accuracy of ultrasound in distinguishing metastatic and tuberculous cervical lymph nodes

Author(s) -

Sammy C.H. Cheng,

Anil T. Ahuja,

Michael Ying

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2223-4292

pISSN - 2223-4306

DOI - 10.21037/qims.2019.10.02

Subject(s) - vascularity , lymph , cervical lymph nodes , medicine , ultrasound , radiology , pathology , computer science , metastasis , cancer

Ultrasound is a common imaging method for assessment of cervical lymph nodes. However, metastatic and tuberculous lymph nodes have similar sonographic features in routine ultrasound examination. Computer-aided assessment could be a potential adjunct to enhance the accuracy of differential diagnosis.

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