Intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility of 3-dimensional power Doppler vascular indices in assessment of solid and cystic-solid adnexal masses

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a   Rodriguez, David ^b   Royo, Pedro ^a   Galván, Rosendo ^a   Ajossa, Silvia ^c   Guerriero, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 dimensional sonography; Power Doppler sonography; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

ADNEXAL MASSES; POWER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 38349146110     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.1.1     Document Type: Article

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