Preoperative assessment of endometrial carcinoma by three-dimensional power Doppler angiography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 466-472

  Saarelainen, S K ^a   Vuento, M H ^a   Kirkinen, P ^a   Maenpaa J U ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

endometrial cancer; power Doppler; three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CANCER INVASION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84859422987     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10103     Document Type: Article

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