Does the size of three-dimensional power Doppler spherical sampling affect the interobserver reproducibility of measurements of vascular indices in adnexal masses?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 732-734

  Kudla, M ^a   Alcazar J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADNEXAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 73449101801     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7462     Document Type: Letter

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