Frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy of the uterine cervix during regular pregnancies

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-212

  Hornung, René ^a   Spichtig, Sonja ^b   Baños, Ana ^b   Stahel, Michèle ^b   Zimmermann, Roland ^b   Wolf, Martin ^b  

^a Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Frequency domain near infrared spectroscopy; Pregnancy; Preterm delivery; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; WATER CONTENT;

ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OXYGEN; PREGNANCY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954417126     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-010-0832-7     Document Type: Article

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