Characterization of normal and polycystic ovaries using three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 582-590

  Jarvela I Y ^a,b   Mason, H D ^b   Sladkevicius, P ^c   Kelly, S ^b   Ojha, K ^b   Campbell, S ^b   Nargund, G ^b  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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

^c Universitetsjukhuse MAS ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Three dimensional power Doppler; Three dimensional ultrasound; Transvaginal color Doppler; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER; THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0036911397     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021267200316     Document Type: Article

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