Which patients benefit from a 3D reconstructed coronal view of the uterus added to standard routine 2D pelvic sonography?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 626-629

  Benacerraf, Beryl R ^a,b   Shipp, Thomas D ^b   Bromley, Bryann ^b  

^a Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3D sonography; Infertility; Obstetrics and gynecology; Pelvic sonography; Women's imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 39749117338     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2632     Document Type: Article

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