Three-dimensional ultrasound fetal urinary bladder volume measurement: Reliability of rotational (VOCAL™) technique using different steps of rotation

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-349

  Peixoto Filho, F M ^a   Sa R A M ^a,b   Lopes, L M ^a   Velarde, L G C ^b   Marchiori, E ^b   Ville, Y ^c  

^a Centro Pré natal de Diagnóstico e Tratamento CPDT   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

Author keywords

Fetal urinary bladder volume; Reliability; Three dimensional ultrasound; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FETUS; FETUS BLADDER; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URINE VOLUME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 34548574694     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0360-2     Document Type: Article

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