Intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility of three-dimensional gray-scale and power Doppler ultrasound examinations of the cervix in pregnant women

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-137

  Rovas, L ^a   Sladkevicius, P ^a   Strobel, E ^a   Valentin, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervix uteri; Doppler ultrasound; Pregnancy; Reproducibility; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 21244487720     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1884     Document Type: Article

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