A new algorithm for improving fetal weight estimation from ultrasound data at term

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 469-474

  Siggelkow, W ^a   Schmidt, M ^a   Skala, C ^a   Boehm, D ^a   Von Forstner, S ^a   Koelbl, H ^a   Tresch, A ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth weight algorithms; Fetal macrosomia; Fetal weight estimation; Isotonic regression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; FETAL WEIGHT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951725740     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1390-8     Document Type: Article

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