Automated assessment of ovarian follicles using a novel three-dimensional ultrasound software

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1562-1568

  Deutch, Todd D ^a   Joergner, Iris ^c   Matson, David O ^a,b   Oehninger, Sergio ^a   Bocca, Silvina ^a   Hoenigmann, Dieter ^d   Abuhamad, Alfred ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d Advanced Computer Vision GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

automated ultrasonography; controlled ovarian hyperstimulation; follicular assessment; follicular monitoring; IVF; sonoAVC; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 70350570680     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.102     Document Type: Article

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