Intraobserver and interobserver reliability of automated antral follicle counts made using three-dimensional ultrasound and SonoAVC

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-483

  Deb, S ^a   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; Automated; Interobserver; Intraobserver; Reliability; SonoAVC; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 63449102514     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6310     Document Type: Article

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