Spherical tissue sampling in 3-dimensional power Doppler angiography: A new approach for evaluation of ovarian tumors

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-433

  Kudla, Marek J ^a   Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^b   Hope, Joanie Mayer ^b   Monteagudo, Ana ^b   Popiolek, Dorota ^b   Monda, Susan ^b   Lee, Catherine J ^b   Arslan, Alan A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional power Doppler angiography; Ovarian cancer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER EFFECT; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SURGERY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

3-DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER ANGIOGRAPHY; OVARIAN CANCER;

TISSUE CULTURE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INVASION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY TUMOR; OVULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND POWER DOPPLER ANGIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 41149154991     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.3.425     Document Type: Article

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