Intra- and interobserver agreement on cervical volume and flow indices during pregnancy using transvaginal 3-dimensional ultrasonography and Doppler angiography

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 256-261

  Basgul, Alin ^a,b   Kavak, Zehra N ^a   Bakirci, Nadi ^a   Gokaslan, Husnu ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Department of Public Health ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical volume; Power Doppler; Reproducibility; Three dimensional ultrasound; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; VASCULARIZATION; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34249068492     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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