Cervical ultrasound elastography may hold potential to predict risk of preterm birth

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Khalil, Mohammed R ^a   Thorsen, Poul ^a   Uldbjerg, Niels ^b  

^a KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; DELIVERY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK; UTERINE CERVIX; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PREMATURITY; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

CERVIX UTERI; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; UTERINE CERVICAL INCOMPETENCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873252693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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