The diagnosis of ovarian cancer: Is color Doppler imaging reproducible and accurate in examiners with different degrees of experience?

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-277

  Guerriero, Stefano ^a   Alcazar, Juan Luis ^b   Pascual, Maria Angela ^c   Ajossa, Silvia ^a   Graupera, Betlem ^c   Hereter, Lourdes ^c   Melis, Gian Benedetto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADNEXA UTERI; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 79951749515     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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