Differentiation of small adnexal masses based on morphologic characteristics of transvaginal sonographic imaging: A multicenter study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1467-1473

  Ferrazzi, Enrico ^b   Lissoni, Andrea A ^a   Dordoni, Danilo ^c   Trio, Diego ^a   Redaelli, Laura ^d   Rusconi, Costantino ^e   Sanpaolo, Patrizia ^f   Floriani, Irene ^g   Torri, Valter ^g   Zaglio, Silvano ^c   Valcamonico, Adriana ^c   Piol, Francesca ^d   Berlanda, Nicola ^b   Zanetta, Gerardo ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^g MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Morphologic score; Ovarian cancer; Ovarian masses; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS;

ADNEXAL MASSES; MORPHOLOGIC SCORE; OVARIAN CANCER; OVARIAN MASSES; SONOGRAPHIC SCORING; SONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

SONAR;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CARCINOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERATOMA; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 27744443566     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.11.1467     Document Type: Article

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