Real-time ultrasound vs. evaluation of static images in the preoperative assessment of adnexal masses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 828-831

  Holsbeke, C Van ^a,b   Yazbek, J ^c   Holland, T K ^c   Daemen, A ^d   De Moor, B ^d   Testa, A C ^e   Valentin, L ^f   Jurkovic, D ^c   Timmerman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adnexal tumors; Ovarian cancer; Pattern recognition; Risk of malignancy; Subjective impression; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADNEXAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 57149086096     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6214     Document Type: Article

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