Prospective evaluation of automated follicle monitoring in 58 in vitro fertilization cycles: follicular volume as a new indicator of oocyte maturity

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 616-620

  Rodríguez Fuentes, Adela ^a   Hernández, Jairo ^a   García Guzman, Rocío ^a   Chinea, Elena ^a   Iaconianni, Laura ^b   Palumbo, Angela ^a  

^a Centro de Asistencia a la Reproduccion Humana de Canarias   (Spain)

^b Centro Ecografico EcoBI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Follicular monitoring; follicular volume; in vitro fertilization; SonoAVC; three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE MATURATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY;

AUTOMATION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 74449093016     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.058     Document Type: Article

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