Ultrasound measurement of vaginal wall thickness: A novel and reliable technique

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1265-1270

  Panayi, Demetri C ^a,b   Digesu, G Alessandro ^a   Tekkis, Paris ^a   Fernando, Ruwan ^a   Khullar, Vikram ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bland Altman analysis; Interoperator reliability; Intraoperator reliability; Vaginal wall thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINAL WALL THICKNESS;

EID: 77956462833     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-010-1183-4     Document Type: Article

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