What is the most reliable ultrasound parameter for assessment of fetal head descent?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-499

  Molina, F S ^a   Terra, R ^b   Carrillo, M P ^a   Puertas, A ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Labor; SonoVCAD labor; Transperineal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMAN; LABOR; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LABOR PRESENTATION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649596678     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7709     Document Type: Article

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