A study of the cost, accuracy, and benefits of 3-dimensional sonography compared with hysterosalpingography in women with uterine abnormalities

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-85

  Bocca, Silvina M ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a   Stadtmauer, Laurel ^a   Agard, Jennifer ^a   Duran, E Hakan ^a   Sarhan, Abba ^a   Horton, Sharon ^a   Abuhamad, Alfred Z ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional sonography; Hysterosalpingography; Uterine anomalies

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DIAGNOSIS; NEONATAL MONITORING; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL; 3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECT; DETECTION RATES; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY; UTERINE ANOMALIES; UTERINE CAVITY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 84855400086     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.1.81     Document Type: Article

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