Ultrasonography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 328-334

  Liu, Jingzhe ^a   Xu, Yufeng ^b   Wang, Jichen ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Meta analysis; Ovarian carcinoma; Tomography, X ray computed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DOPPLER FLOW IMAGING; METAANALYSIS; OVARIAN CANCER; OVARIAN CARCINOMA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC (ROC);

ONCOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34249010238     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.02.040     Document Type: Article

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