The clinical value of 3-dimensional saline infusion sonography in addition to 2-dimensional saline infusion sonography in women with abnormal uterine bleeding: Work in progress

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1433-1440

  De Kroon, Cornelis D ^a   Louwé, Leonie A ^a   Trimbos, J Baptist ^a   Jansen, Frank Willem ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 dimensional saline infusion sonography; 3 dimensional sonography; Intrauterine abnormalities; Reliability; Saline infusion sonography; Validation

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICINE;

ABNORMALITIES; CLINICAL RELEVANCES; HISTOLOGIC NATURES; SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONICS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTEROSCOPY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL SALINE INFUSION ECHOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SALINE INFUSION ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 6944219909     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.11.1433     Document Type: Article

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