Detection of congenital mullerian duct anomalies using three- dimensional ultrasound

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 487-492

  Wu, Meng Hsing ^a   Hsu, Chao Chin ^a   Huang, Ko En ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mullerian duct anomaly; Three dimensional ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MUELLERIAN DUCT; PREMATURE LABOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ADULT; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MULLERIAN DUCTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 0030611257     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199711/12)25:9<487::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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