Frequency domain near-infrared spectroscopy of the uterine cervix during cervical ripening

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 641-646

  Baños, Ana ^a   Wolf, Martin ^a   Grawe, Claudia ^a   Stahel, Michèle ^a   Haensse, Daniel ^a   Fink, Daniel ^a   Hornung, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Frequency domain near infrared spectroscopy; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MISOPROSTOL; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; WATER;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MISOPROSTOL; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; OXYTOCICS; PREGNANCY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 35148835604     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20542     Document Type: Article

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