Three-dimensional power doppler vascular sampling: A new method for predicting ovarian cancer in vascularized complex adnexal masses

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 689-696

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a,c   Mercé, Luis T ^b   Manero, Manuel García ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 dimensional sonography; Ovarian cancer; Power Doppler sonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLOGY; SAMPLING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

SOLID MASSES; SONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR FLOW; VASCULARIZATION;

TUMORS;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PREDICTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 17744397132     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.5.689     Document Type: Article

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