Detection of intracavitary uterine pathology using offline analysis of three-dimensional ultrasound volumes: Interobserver agreement and diagnostic accuracy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 459-463

  Van Den Bosch, T ^a   Valentin, L ^b   Van Schoubroeck, D ^a   Luts, J ^c   Bignardi, T ^d   Condous, G ^d   Epstein, E ^e   Leone, F P ^f   Testa, A C ^g   Van Huffel, S ^c   Bourne, T ^a,h   Timmerman, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endometrium; reproducibility of results; ultrasonography; uterus

Indexed keywords

ADNEXA DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LEIOMYOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS; UTERUS CANCER;

ADNEXAL DISEASES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 84866991555     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.11163     Document Type: Article

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