Comparison of conventional ultrasound and real-time spatial compound imaging in evaluation of patients with severe Peyronie's disease

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 596-601

  Bertolotto, M ^a   Perrone, R ^a   Bucci, S ^a   Zappetti, R ^a   Coss, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compound imaging; Penis; Peyronie's disease; US techniques

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

AND REAL TIME; COMPOUND IMAGING; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; FOUR POINT; GRAY SCALING; IMAGE ARTIFACTS; MICRO-CALCIFICATIONS (MCC); MULTIPLE FRAMES; PEYRONIE'S DISEASE; PROSTAGLANDIN (PG); READERS (USER EXPERIENCE); SINGLE COMPOUND; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS (IGC: E4/K7); TUNICA ALBUGINEA; VIEWING ANGLES; WEIGHTED VALUES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENIS; PEYRONIE DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PENILE INDURATION; PENIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 46149090803     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802022985     Document Type: Article

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