A novel technique for the semi-automated measurement of embryo volume: An intraobserver reliability study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 719-725

  Sur, Shyamaly D ^a   Jayaprakasan, Kannamannadiar ^a   Jones, Nia W ^b   Clewes, Jeanette ^a   Winter, Beverley ^a   Cash, Nicola ^a   Campbell, Bruce ^a   Raine Fenning, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo volume; Reliability; SonoAVC; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; EMBRYO VOLUME; FLUID VOLUMES; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; INTRAOBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTRAOBSERVER RELIABILITY; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; POWER CALCULATION; SEMI-AUTOMATED; VIRTUAL ORGAN COMPUTER-AIDED ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY; YOLK SAC;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY FLUID; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY; YOLK SAC;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77952319733     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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