Quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies on pelvic floor three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound: a systematic review

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 451-457

  Grob, A T M ^a,b   van der Vaart, L R ^c   Withagen, M I J ^a   van der Vaart, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diagnostic accuracy study; pelvic floor ultrasound; quality reporting; STARD checklist

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHECKLIST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PERINEUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PELVIC FLOOR; PERINEUM; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85030265117     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.17390     Document Type: Review

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