Subjective assessment of adnexal masses with the use of ultrasonography: An analysis of interobserver variability and experience

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-16

  Timmerman, D ^a   Schwarzler P ^b   Collins, W P ^c   Claerhout, F ^a   Coenen, M ^a   Amant, F ^a   Vergote, I ^a   Bourne, T H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adnexal masses; Color Doppler sonography; Observer variability; Subjective impression; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0033011057     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13010011.x     Document Type: Article

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