Early pregnancy volume measurements: Validation of ultrasound techniques and new perspectives

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 278-285

  Rousian, M ^a   Verwoerd Dikkeboom, C M ^a   Koning, A H J ^a   Hop, W C ^a   Van Der Spek, P J ^a   Exalto, N ^a   Steegers, E A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inversion mode; SonoAVC; V Scope; Virtual reality; VOCAL; Yolk sac volumes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; VIRTUAL REALITY MODELING LANGUAGE; YOLK SAC;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 57449117903     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.02006.x     Document Type: Article

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