Assessment of endometrial volume and vascularization using transvaginal 3D power Doppler angiography in women with postmenopausal bleeding

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-17

  Rossi, Alberto ^a   Forzano, Leonardo ^a   Romanello, Irene ^a   Fachechi, Giorgio ^a   Marchesoni, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Endometrial neoplasm; Postmenopausal bleeding; Power Doppler angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENDOMETRIUM VASCULARIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM VOLUME; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYOMA; ORGAN SIZE; POSTMENOPAUSE BLEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER ANGIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84865964147     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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