The role of three-dimensional (3D) sonography and 3D power Doppler in the preoperative assessment of borderline ovarian tumors

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-385

  Kalmantis, K ^a,b   Papageorgiou, Th ^a   Rodolakis, A ^a   Lymberopoulos, E ^a   Daskalakis, G ^a   Voulgaris, Z ^a   Antsaklis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Borderline tumors; Ovarian cancer; Ovarian cyst; Power Doppler; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 35148851134     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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