Transvaginal colour flow imaging in assessment of ovarian tumor neovascularization

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 407-409

  Sawicki, W ^a   Spiewankiewicz B ^a   Cendrowski, K ^a   Stelmachow J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0030881270     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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