Three-dimensional power Doppler vascular sonographic sampling for predicting ovarian cancer in cystic-solid and solid vascularized masses

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-281

  Alcázar, Juan Luis ^a,c   Rodriguez, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 dimensional power Doppler sonography; Adnexal mass; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADNEXAL MASS; AREA UNDER THE CURVES; OVARIAN CANCERS; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITIES; POWER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHIES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS; VASCULARIZATION FLOW INDICES; VIRTUAL ORGAN COMPUTER-AIDED ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SOLID TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 65949116369     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.3.275     Document Type: Article

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