A comparison of intratumoural indices of blood flow velocity and impedance for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 837-843

  Tailor, Anil ^a,b   Jurkovic, Davor ^a   Bourne, Thomas H ^a   Natucci, Matteo ^a   Collins, William P ^a   Campbell, Stuart ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adnexal masses; Doppler ultrasound; Ovarian cancer; Peak systolic velocity; Pulsatility index; Resistance index; Time averaged maximum velocity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GYNECOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BENIGN TUMOURS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; INTRATUMOURAL INDICES; MALIGNANT ADNEXAL TUMOURS; OVARIAN CANCER; PATHOLOGY; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PULSATILITY INDEX; PULSED DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; RESISTANCE INDEX;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0029764621     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00087-7     Document Type: Article

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