Three-dimensional power Doppler vascular network assessment of adnexal masses : Intraobserver and interobserver agreement analysis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 997-1001

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a   Cabrera, Cristian ^b   Galván, Rosendo ^a   Guerriero, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Section of Gastroenterology   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 dimensional imaging; Doppler sonography; Ovarian neoplasms; Reproducibility of results; Sonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTRAOBSERVER AGREEMENT; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POWER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHIES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SURFACE RENDERING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADNEXA TUMOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD VESSEL; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROANEURYSM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 47249115328     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.7.997     Document Type: Article

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