The importance of rigorous testing of circumference measuring callipers

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1117-1119

  Dudley, Nicholas J ^a   Griffith, Kate ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Callipers; Circumference measurement; Quality control

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBSTETRICS;

CIRCUMFERENCE MEASURING CALLIPERS; LINEAR CALLIPER CHECKS; NONLINEAR CALLIPER CHECKS; OBSTETRIC ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS GROWTH; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030471673     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00100-7     Document Type: Article

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