Acoustic streaming: A new technique for assessing adnexal cysts

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-78

  Edwards, A ^a,b   Clarke, L ^a   Piessens, S ^a   Graham, E ^a   Shekleton, P ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic streaming; Adnexal cysts; Endometrioma; Ovarian cysts

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY ABSCESS; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TERATOMA;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; CYSTADENOMA; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN CYSTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038336656     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.156     Document Type: Article

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