Prospective evaluation of a logistic model based on sonographic morphologic and color Doppler findings developed to predict adnexal malignancy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 837-842

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a   Jurado, Matías ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adnexa, masses; Color Doppler sonography; Logistic regression; Malignancy; Masses, adnexal

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; GYNECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0345045436     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.12.837     Document Type: Article

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