Three-dimensional sonographic morphologic assessment of adnexal masses: A reproducibility study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1007-1011

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a,b   García Manero, Manuel ^a   Galván, Rosendo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 dimensional sonography; Ovarian tumor; Reproducibility; Sonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DIAGNOSIS; TUMORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MORPHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; OVARIAN TUMOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS TUMOR;

EID: 34547664848     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.8.1007     Document Type: Article

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