Sonographic and Doppler flow characteristics of ovarian tumors of low- malignant potential

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 57-61

  Tepper, Ronnie ^a   Altaras, Marco ^a   Zalel, Yaron ^a   Goldberger, Shmuel ^a   Cohen, Ilan ^a   Beyth, Yoram ^a   Ben Baruch, Gilad ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Doppler flow; Ovarian tumors; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY TUMOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; CYSTADENOMA, MUCINOUS; CYSTADENOMA, SEROUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0031035458     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199702)25:2<57::AID-JCU2>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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