Three-dimensional ultrasound and three-dimensional power Doppler improve the preoperative evaluation of complex benign ovarian lesions

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 474-478

  Vrachnis, N ^a   Sifakis, S ^b   Samoli, E ^c   Kappou, D ^b   Pavlakis, K ^a   Iliodromiti, Z ^d   Botsis, D ^d  

^a IASO   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasound; Benign ovarian lesions; Dermoid cyst; Endometrioma; Three dimensional power Doppler ultrasound; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84872734246     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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