Optical properties, physiologic parameters and tissue composition of the human uterine cervix as a function of hormonal status

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 561-566

  Matzinger, Bettina ^a,c   Wolf, Martin ^a   Baños, Ana ^a   Fink, Daniel ^a   Hornung, René ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Frequency domain near infrared spectroscopy (FD NIRS); Hormonal status; Optical properties of the human uterine cervix; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; LABOR; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

EID: 67649950051     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-008-0611-x     Document Type: Article

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