Comparison of automated and manual follicle monitoring in an unrestricted population of 100 women undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation for IVF

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-133

  Ata, Baris ^a   Seyhan, Ayse ^a   Reinblatt, Shauna Leigh ^a   Shalom Paz, Einat ^a   Krishnamurthy, Srinivasan ^a   Tan, Seang Lin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

automated ultrasound; automated volume calculation; follicle monitoring; follicle tracking; SonoAVC

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 78650709325     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq320     Document Type: Article

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