Intraobserver and Interobserver Agreement of Grayscale Typical Ultrasonographic Patterns for the Diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1711-1716

  Guerriero, Stefano ^a   Alcazar, Juan Luis ^b   Pascual, Maria Angela ^c   Ajossa, Silvia ^a   Gerada, Marta ^a   Bargellini, Roberta ^a   Virgilio, Bruna ^a   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ovarian cancer; Reproducibility; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADNEXAL MASSES; CYSTIC MASSES; EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES; INTEROBSERVER AGREEMENTS; INTRAOBSERVER AGREEMENTS; KAPPA INDICES; MALIGNANT MASSES; OVARIAN CANCER; OVARIAN CANCERS; RANDOM SAMPLES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID COMPONENTS; SONOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHIES; TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 54049095270     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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