Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 574-579, April 2012

Improvement in T-Staging of Rectal Carcinoma: Using a Novel Endorectal Ultrasonography Technique with Sterile Coupling Gel Filling the Rectum

  • Yong Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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  • Chun-Wu Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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  • Yu-Zhi Hao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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  • Lin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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  • Shang-Mei Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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  • Xiao-Li Feng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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  • Zhi-Xiang Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Abdominal Surgical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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  • Vivian Yee-Fong Leung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, SAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Vivian Yee-Fong Leung, Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, SAR, China.

Received 7 July 2011; received in revised form 21 December 2011; accepted 29 December 2011. published online 03 February 2012.

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PII: S0301-5629(12)00002-6

doi:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.12.020

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 574-579, April 2012