Comparison of resistive index versus pulsatility index in assessing the benign etiology of adnexal masses

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 284-291

  Angeid Backman, E ^a   Coleman, B G ^b   Arger, P H ^b   Jacobs, J E ^b   Langer, J E ^b   Horii, S ^b  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Doppler, sonography; Pelvis, ovarian neoplasms; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031716888     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(98)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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