Role of transvaginal ultrasound color flow imaging and Doppler waveform analysis in differentiating between benign and malignant ovarian tumors

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 280-284

  Anandakumar, C ^a   Chew, S ^a   Wong, Y C ^a   Chia, D ^a   Ratnam, S S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Doppler; Ovarian tumors; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030120890     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1996.07040280.x     Document Type: Article

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