Automated follicle tracking facilitates standardization and may improve work flow

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1015-1018

  Raine Fenning, N ^a   Jayaprakasan, K ^a   Clewes, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; VALIDITY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 38049156317     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5222     Document Type: Article

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