A method to visualize 3-dimensional anatomic changes in the cervix during pregnancy : A preliminary observational study

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-260

  Lang, Christopher T ^a   Iams, Jay D ^a   Tangchitnob, Edward ^b   Socrate, Simona ^c   House, Michael ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional sonography; Cervical ripening; Cervix

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

3-DIMENSIONAL; 3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; ANATOMIC CHANGES; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX; MECHANICAL DESIGN SOFTWARE; MODEL CONSTRUCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX;

CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 75749108605     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.2.255     Document Type: Article

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