Intra- and interobserver variability in fetal ultrasound measurements

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 266-273

  Sarris, I ^a   Ioannou, C ^a   Chamberlain, P ^a   Ohuma, E ^a   Roseman, F ^a   Hoch, L ^a   Altman, D G ^a   Papageorghiou, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fetal biometry; reproducibility; ultrasound measurement; variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84857887006     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10082     Document Type: Article

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