Implementation of nuchal translucency image-scoring method during ongoing audit

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 388-392

  Herman, A ^a,b   Dreazen, E ^a   Maymon, R ^a   Tovbin, Y ^a   Bukovsky, I ^a   Weinraub, Z ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

First trimester screening; Image scoring method; Nuchal translucency audit; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NECK MUSCLE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; NECK; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033379952     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14060388.x     Document Type: Article

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