Individual ovarian volumes obtained from 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional ultrasound lack precision

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-351

  Brett, S ^a   Bee, N ^b   Wallace, W H B ^c   Rajkhowa, M ^a   Kelsey, Tom W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D ultrasound; 3D ultrasound; IVF; Ovarian volume

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; OVARIAN RESERVE; SCREENING TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

EID: 63249110021     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60092-2     Document Type: Article

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