Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1249-1256 , August 2009

Sentinel Node Detection Method Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography with Sonazoid in Breast Cancer: Preliminary Clinical Study

  • Kiyoka Omoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostic Ultrasound Division, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan
    • Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Author: Kiyoka Omoto, M.D., Ph.D., 1st Department of Integrated Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Amanuma-cho 1-847, Omiya-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken 330-8503, Japan.
    • ,
  • Hiroaki Matsunaga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Natsuki Take

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuo Hozumi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Megumi Takehara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Yawara Omoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Mikio Shiozawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Hirobumi Mizunuma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroki Harashima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Nobuyuki Taniguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
    • ,
  • Mikihiko Kawano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostic Ultrasound Division, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Received 11 June 2008 ,Revised 31 January 2009 ,Accepted 10 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.02.004

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1249-1256 , August 2009

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