Use of colour and spectral Doppler ultrasound examination in gynaecology

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 143-163

  Valentin, Lil ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Color velocity imaging; Doppler; Gynecology; Transvaginal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS TUMOR; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 0031424934     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(97)10023-4     Document Type: Review

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