Quantitative imaging of the cervix: Setting the bar

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-128

  Feltovich, H ^a,b   Hall, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX;

CERVIX UTERI; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873342350     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.12383     Document Type: Note

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