Reliability of cervix elastography in the late first and second trimester of pregnancy

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Fruscalzo, A ^a   Schmitz, R ^b   Klockenbusch, W ^b   Steinhard, J ^b  

^a Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

cervix; pregnancy; ultrasound Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY, TWIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84871651988     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299330     Document Type: Article

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