Three-dimensional angioultrasonography for the prediction of malignancy in ovarian masses

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-125

  Perez Medina, Tirso ^a   Orensanz, Inmaculada ^b   Pereira, Augusto ^a   Valero De Bernabé, Javier ^a   Engels, Virginia ^a   Troyano, Juan ^a   SanFrutos, Luis ^a   Iglesias, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

2D power Doppler; 3D power Doppler angiography; Flow index; Ovarian cancer; Vascularization index; Vascularization flow index

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMPLEX ADNEXAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ANGIOULTRASONOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84874458789     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345576     Document Type: Article

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