Evaluating the intra- and interobserver reliability of three-dimensional ultrasound and power doppler angiography (3D-PDA) for assessment of placental volume and vascularity in the second trimester of pregnancy

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-385

  Jones, Nia W ^a   Raine Fenning, Nick J ^b   Mousa, Hatem A ^c   Bradley, Eileen ^a   Bugg, George J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Placenta; Power doppler; Reliability; Second trimester; Vascularity; Volume

Indexed keywords

PLACENTA; POWER DOPPLER; SECOND TRIMESTER; VASCULARITY; VOLUME;

ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; OBSTETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VISUALIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; OBSERVER BIAS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851508567     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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