title: Three-dimensional ultrasound to assess the response to treatment in gynecological malignancies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the potential role of 3D ultrasound to assess the response to treatment in gynecological malignancies.
  
  
  METHODS
  The volumes and three 3D power Doppler indices are measured in one case of cervix carcinoma and in one case of ovarian carcinoma with primary radio- and/or chemotherapy before and after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment, tumor volume, vascularization index (VI), flow index (FI), and vascularization-flow index (VFI) were reduced in both two cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  3D ultrasound may provide a new method to assess the response to treatment in gynecological malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, General Hospital of Linz, Krankenhausstrasse 9, A-4020 Linz, Austria. cemil.yaman@akh.linz.at
authors.forename: Cemil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fridrik
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*