Comparison of transvaginal color doppler imaging and color doppler energy for assessment of intraovarian blood flow

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 561-567

  Tailor, Anil A ^a   Jurkovic, Davor ^a   Bourne, Thomas H ^b   Natucci, Matteo ^a   Collins, William P ^a   Campbell, Stuart ^b  

^a Acad Dept Obstet Gynaecol K   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032053779     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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