Optical coherence tomography: A potential tool to predict premature rupture of fetal membranes

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 393-401

  Micili, Serap C ^a   Valter, Markus ^b   Oflaz, Hakan ^b,c   Ozogul, Candan ^d   Linder, Peter ^b,c   Föckler, Nicole ^b,c   Artmann, Gerhard M ^c   Digel, Ilya ^c   Artmann, Aysegul T ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Birth types; Fetal membrane; Histology; Optical coherence tomography; Premature rupture; Preterm birth; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

BIRTH TYPES; FETAL MEMBRANES; PREMATURE RUPTURE; PRETERM BIRTH; SOFT TISSUE;

FORECASTING; HISTOLOGY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRTH TYPES; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIRTH TYPES; FETAL MEMBRANE; HISTOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREMATURE RUPTURE; PRETERM BIRTH; SOFT TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877798321     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954411912468557     Document Type: Article

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