Evaluation of two different methods for vascular sampling by three-dimensional power Doppler angiography in solid and cystic-solid adnexal masses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-354

  Alcazar, J L ^a   Prka, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Doppler; Ovarian neoplasms; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARY TUMOR; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 61849084266     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6312     Document Type: Article

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