Intraobserver and interobserver reliability of transvaginal cervical length measurements and quantitative ultrasound tissue characterization of the cervix in the second and third trimester of pregnancy

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Stein, W ^a   Hellmeyer, L ^b   Schmidt, S ^b   Tekesin, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cervical length; interobserver reliability; intraobserver reliability; quantitative ultrasonic tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA;

ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CERVIX UTERI; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA;

EID: 84655167816     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1273409     Document Type: Article

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