Analysis of cervical dynamics by ultrasound imaging

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1101, Issue , 2007, Pages 203-214

  Pugatsch, Rimma ^a   Elad, David ^a   Jaffa, Ariel J ^a,b   Eytan, Osnat ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervix incompetence; Image processing; Preterm labor; Transvaginal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS FUNCTION; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE LABOR; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

EID: 34250615528     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1389.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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