Three-dimensional quantification of tumor vascularity as a tertiary test after B-mode and power Doppler evaluation for detection of ovarian cancer

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1271-1278

  Guerriero, Stefano ^a   Ajossa, Silvia ^a   Piras, Silvia ^a   Gerada, Marta ^a   Floris, Stefano ^a   Garau, Nicoletta ^a   Minerba, Luigi ^a   Paoletti, Anna Maria ^a   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 dimensional power Doppler sonography; 3 dimensional sonography; Angiogenesis; Ovarian cancer; Transvaginal color Doppler sonography; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3 DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; OVARIAN CANCER; TRANSVAGINAL COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY;

TUMORS;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; OVARY CANCER; PARAMETER; PELVIS TUMOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 35348930589     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.10.1271     Document Type: Article

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