Inter- and intraobserver variability in three-dimensional ultrasound assessment of the endometrial-myometrial junction and factors affecting its visualization

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 587-591

  Naftalin, J ^a   Hoo, W ^a   Nunes, N ^a   Mavrelos, D ^a   Nicks, H ^a   Jurkovic, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; endometrial myometrial junction; junctional zone; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84860431556     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10133     Document Type: Article

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