The role of ultrasound in assessment of male fertility

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 144, Issue SUPPL 1, 2009, Pages

  Schurich, Matthias ^a   Aigner, Friedrich ^a   Frauscher, Ferdinand ^a   Pallwein, Leo ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Advanced contrast agent detection; Color doppler ultrasound (CDUS); Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS); Real time sonoelastography (RTE); Techniques; Ultrasonography (US)

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AZOOSPERMIA; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULATURE; REVIEW; TESTIS; TESTIS DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

AZOOSPERMIA; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MICROVESSELS; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 67650173876     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.02.034     Document Type: Review

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