Real-Time Sonoelastography of the Cervix: Tissue Elasticity of the Normal and Abnormal Cervix

Academic Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-200

  Thomas, Anke ^a   Kümmel, Sherko ^b   Gemeinhardt, Ole ^a   Fischer, Thomas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cervical cancer; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; cervix; Real time sonoelastography; transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846213605     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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