Complex pelvic mass as a target of evaluation of vessel distribution by color Doppler sonography for the diagnosis of adnexal malignancies: Results of a Multicenter European Study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1105-1111

  Guerriero, Stefano ^a   Alcazar, Juan Luis ^a   Coccia, Maria Elisabetta ^a   Ajossa, Silvia ^a   Scarselli, GianFranco ^a   Boi, Manuela ^a   Gerada, Marta ^a   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Complex ovarian masses; Ovarian cancer; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DOPPLER EFFECT; GYNECOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

SONOGRAPHY;

ONCOLOGY;

TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PELVIS TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0036787746     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2002.21.10.1105     Document Type: Article

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