Angiographic power 3-dimensional quantitative analysis in gynecologic solid tumors: Feasibility and reproducibility

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 821-828

  Testa, Antonia Carla ^a   Mansueto, Donata ^a   Lorusso, Domenica ^b   Fruscella, Erika ^a   Basso, Danila ^a   Scambia, Giovanni ^b   Ferrandina, Gabriella ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 dimensional power Doppler sonography; 3 dimensional sonography; Angiogenesis; Transvaginal color Doppler sonography; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION METHODS; DOPPLER EFFECT; GYNECOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING;

INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; VASCULAR PARAMETERS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AVERAGE COLOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAMETER; PELVIS TUMOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE COLOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; SOLID TUMOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VARIANCE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 2942623549     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.6.821     Document Type: Article

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