Three-dimensional ultrasound improves the interobserver reliability of antral follicle counts and facilitates increased clinical work flow

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 439-444

  Jayaprakasan, K ^a   Campbell, B K ^a   Clewes, J S ^a   Johnson, I R ^a   Raine Fenning, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antral follicle count; Interobserver reliability; Ovarian reserve; Three dimensional ultrasound; Transvaginal ultrasound; Work flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OVARY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49849092992     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5301     Document Type: Article

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