New ultrasound-based technologies for predicting ovarian cancer in adnexal masses

Current Women's Health Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-94

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adnexal masses; Contrast agent enhancement ultrasound; Power Doppler ultrasound; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ADNEXA DISEASE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE TOXICITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUSHING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OVARY CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 34248638773     PISSN: 15734048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573404810703020089     Document Type: Review

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