The sonographic evaluation of tubal patency with stimulated acoustic emission imaging

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 386-389

  Prefumo, F ^a,c   Serafini, G ^b   Martinoli, C ^a   Gandolfo, N ^b   Gandolfo, N G ^b   Derchi, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Radiologia   (Italy)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Stimulated acoustic emission; Transvaginal ultrasound; Tubal patency

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SHU 508;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPHINGO CONTRAST SONOGRAPHY; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULATED ACOUSTIC IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE TUBE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALLOPIAN TUBE PATENCY TESTS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS;

EID: 0036032812     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.2002.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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