A new parameter for staging bladder carcinoma: Ultrasonographic contact length and height-to-length ratio

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1137-1142

  Özden, Eriz ^a   Turgut, Ahmet Tuncay ^b   Yeşil, Mesut ^a   Göǧüş, Çaǧatay ^a   Göǧüş, Orhan ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c UFUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bladder tumors; Ultrasonography; Urinary bladder carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TUMORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BLADDER TUMORS; HEIGHT-TO-LENGTH RATIO; URINARY BLADDER CARCINOMA;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLADDER WALL; CALCULATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36649034065     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.9.1137     Document Type: Article

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