Learning curve of transvaginal ultrasound for the diagnosis of endometriomas assessed by the cumulative summation test (LC-CUSUM)

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 301-303

  Bazot, Marc ^a   Daraï, Emile ^b   Biau, David J ^c   Ballester, Marcos ^b   Dessolle, Lionel ^b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; observer variation; ovary; statistics; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650414439     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.08.033     Document Type: Article

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