Three-dimensional ultrasound inversion rendering technique facilitates the diagnosis of hydrosalpinx

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 372-376

  Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^a   Monteagudo, Ana ^a   Tsymbal, Tanya ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Fallopian tube; Gynecology; Hydrosalpinx; Inversion rendering; Technology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77956563567     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20707     Document Type: Article

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