Does three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound help in discrimination between benign and malignant ovarian masses?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-225

  Jokubkiene, L ^a   Sladkevicius, P ^a   Valentin, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Ovarian neoplasms; Three dimensional imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 33847287211     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3922     Document Type: Article

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