Variability of standardized echographic ultrasound using 10 mhz and high-resolution 20 mhz b scan in measuring intraocular melanoma

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 477-482

  Kook, Daniel ^a   Kreutzer, Thomas C ^a   Wolf, Armin ^a   Haritoglou, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

20 mHz; A scan; B scan; Intraocular tumor; Standardized echography

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 79956357350     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S18513     Document Type: Article

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