Assessment of sonographer nuchal translucency measurement performance - Central tendency and dispersion

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 812-816

  Sahota, Daljit Singh ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Leung, Tak Yeung ^a   Chan, Lin Wai ^a   Fung, Tak Yuen ^a   Ting, Yuen Ha ^a   Lau, Tze Kin ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

first trimester screening; Nuchal translucency; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL TENDENCY BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DISPERSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SONOGRAPHER; STANDARD;

ADULT; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; DOWN SYNDROME; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 79955640897     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.531310     Document Type: Article

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