Three-dimensional ultrasound in monitoring progression of labor: A reproducibility study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 500-506

  Ghi, T ^a   Contro, E ^a   Farina, A ^a   Nobile, M ^a   Pilu, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Labor; Reproducibility study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 2; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR STAGE, SECOND; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78649536388     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7752     Document Type: Article

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