Reliability of quantitative elastography of the uterine cervix in at - Term pregnancies

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 421-427

  Fruscalzo, Arrigo ^a   Steinhard, Johannes ^b   Londero, Ambrogio Pietro ^c   Frohlich, Christiane ^d   Bijnens, Bart ^e   Klockenbusch, Walter ^b   Schmitz, Ralf ^b  

^a Mathias Spital Rheine   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d Universitat Pompeu Fabra ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervix uteri; Elasticity imaging techniques; Pregnancy; Reproducibility of results; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879121837     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2012-0180     Document Type: Article

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