Interobserver and interdisciplinary reproducibility of 3D endovaginal ultrasound assessment of pelvic floor anatomy

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-59

  Santoro, Giulio Aniello ^e   Wieczorek, Andrzej Paweł ^a   Shobeiri, S Abbas ^b   Mueller, Elizabeth R ^c   Pilat, Jacek ^a   Stankiewicz, Aleksandra ^a   Battistella, Giuseppe ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Endovaginal ultrasound; Interobserver reproducibility; Levator ani; Levator hiatus; Pelvic floor disorders; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL ANGLE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NULLIPARA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS FLOOR; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGEON; THREE DIMENSIONAL ENDOVAGINAL ULTRASOUND; URETHRAL THICKNESS;

EID: 78651471620     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-010-1233-y     Document Type: Article

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