Tissue characterization of uterine myometrium using the ultrasound gray-level histogram width

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 189-192

  Ito, Takashi ^a   Ishihara, Koichi ^a   Deura, Imari ^b   Katagiri, Chieko ^b   Maeda, Kazuo ^c  

^a Hakuai Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echodensity; Gray level histogram; Myometrium; Tissue characterization; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADENOMYOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; RANK SUM TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 37248999370     PISSN: 13464523     EISSN: 16132254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-007-0153-z     Document Type: Article

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