Decay constant of Doppler flow waveform as a possible indicator of ovarian malignancy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1171-1177

  Tepper, Ron ^a   Keselbrener, Laurence ^b   Manor, Moshe ^a   Eyal, Shulamit ^b   Beyth, Yoram ^a   Zimmeri, Yair ^b   Akselrod, Solange ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decay constant; Doppler flow waveform; Ovarian neoplasm

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DECAY CONSTANT; DOPPLER FLOW WAVEFORM; OVARIAN NEOPLASM;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VIDEOTAPE; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0030806543     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00125-7     Document Type: Article

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