Evaluation of soft-tissue masses using segmented color doppler velocity images: Preliminary observations

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 781-788

  Adler, Ronald S ^a,b   Bell, David S ^c   Bamber, Jeffrey C ^c   Moskovic, Eleanor ^d   Thomas, J Meirion ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0032996949     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.3.10063882     Document Type: Article

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