Automated follicle tracking improves measurement reliability in patients undergoing ovarian stimulation

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 658-663

  Raine Fenning, Nick ^a   Jayaprakasan, K ^a   Deb, S ^a   Clewes, J ^a   Joergner, I ^b   Bonaki, S Dehghani ^b   Johnson, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GE Medical Systems   (Austria)

Author keywords

Follicle diameter; Follicle tracking; IVF; Sono AVC; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC VOLUME CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE NUMBER; OVARY FOLLICLE SIZE; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 65649090998     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60010-7     Document Type: Article

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