Intra- and interobserver variability of 2D and 3D transvaginal sonography in the diagnosis of benign versus malignant adnexal masses

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 316-321

  Pascual, Maria A ^a   Graupera, Betlem ^a   Hereter, Lourdes ^a   Rotili, Anna ^a   Rodriguez, Ignacio ^a   Alcázar, Juan Luis ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adnexal; Agreement; Gynecology; Neoplasm; Three dimensional ultrasound; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79958184021     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20808     Document Type: Article

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