Comparison of inter- and intraobserver agreement and reliability between three different types of placental volume measurement technique (XI VOCAL™, VOCAL™ and multiplanar) and validity in the in-vitro setting

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-217

  Cheong, K B ^a   Leung, K Y ^a   Li, T K T ^a   Chan, H Y ^b   Lee, Y P ^b   Tang, M H Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSAN YUK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

11 14 weeks gestation; Invitro; Multiplanar; Phantom; Placenta; Validity; VOCAL; Volume; XI VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77956140387     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7609     Document Type: Article

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