Endometrial volume and vascularity measurements by transvaginal 3-dimensional ultrasonography and power Doppler angiography in stimulated and tumoral endometria: An interobserver reproducibility study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1091-1098

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a,c   Mercé, Luis T ^b   García Manero, Manuel ^a   Bau, Santiago ^b   López García, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 dimensional ultrasonography; Endometrium; Power Doppler angiography; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RELIABILITY; TUMORS;

DOPPLER ANGIOGRAPHY (3D-PDA); ENDOMETRIAL VOLUME; VASCULAR INDICES; VASCULARIZATION FLOW INDEX (VFI);

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED OVARY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDOMETRIAL VOLUME; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FLOW INDEX; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PARAMETER; POSTMENOPAUSE; POWER DOPPLER ANGIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE GROWTH; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULARIZATION FLOW INDEX; VASCULARIZATION INDEX; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 23044502316     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.8.1091     Document Type: Article

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