Contrast-enhanced, three-dimensional power doppler sonography for differentiation of adnexal masses

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 452-458

  Kupesic, Sanja ^a   Kurjak, Asim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0034734970     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006250-200009000-00023     Document Type: Article

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