Imaging analysis of cervical elastography for prediction of successful induction of labor at term

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 937-946

  Hwang, Han Sung ^a   Sohn, In Sook ^a   Kwon, Han Sung ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elastography; Image analysis; Labor induction; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

24 HOURS; AREAS UNDER THE CURVES; CERVICAL AREA; CERVICAL LENGTH; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYZERS; IMAGING ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR ONSET; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; TERM BIRTH; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABOR INDUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR ONSET; LABOR, INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERM BIRTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878947950     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.6.937     Document Type: Article

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