Using gray-scale and color and power Doppler sonography to detect prostatic cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 623-627

  Halpern, Ethan J ^a   Strup, Stephen E ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0034004412     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.3.1740623     Document Type: Article

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