Preliminary results of power Doppler imaging in benign prostatic hyperplasia

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1305-1309

  Kojima, Munekado ^a   Watanabe, Hiroki ^a   Watanabe, Makoto ^a   Okihara, Koji ^a   Naya, Yoshio ^a   Ukimura, Osamu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Power Doppler imaging; Prostate; Resistive index; Transrectal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PULSATILE FLOW; SIGNAL DETECTION; UROLOGY;

BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; POWER DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; RESISTIVE INDEX;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PULSATILE FLOW; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URINATION DISORDERS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030713045     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00141-5     Document Type: Article

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