Does the use of automated fetal biometry improve clinical work flow efficiency?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 847-850

  Espinoza, Jimmy ^a,b   Good, Sara ^c   Russell, Evie ^b   Lee, Wesley ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated; Biometry; Fetal; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; AUTOMATION; BIOMETRICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS;

AUTOMATED; AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS; BIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; BIOMETRY; DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS; FETAL; PRENATAL; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS;

MEASUREMENTS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD;

BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEXAS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WORKFLOW; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84878025436     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.5.847     Document Type: Article

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