ArticleUltrasound in medicine & biology2015
Development of an ultrasonic method to detect cervical remodeling in vivo in full-term pregnant women.
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- Characterization of Cervical Remodeling During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: A Case Series Analysis.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Repeatability and reproducibility of quantitative ultrasound cervical measurements in women at risk for preterm birth.Discover imaging · 2025Article
- Trajectory of Postpartum Cervical Remodeling in Women Delivering Full-Term and Spontaneous Preterm: Sensitivity to Quantitative Ultrasound Biomarkers.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2024Article
- Enhanced identification of women at risk for preterm birth via quantitative ultrasound: a prospective cohort study.American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM · 2024Article
- Heterogeneous microstructural changes of the cervix influence cervical funneling.Acta biomaterialia · 2022Article
- Gap-filling method for suppressing grating lobes in ultrasound imaging: Experimental study with deep-learning approach.IEEE access : practical innovations, open solutions · 2020Article
- A Phantom-Based Assessment of Repeatability and Reproducibility of Transvaginal Quantitative Ultrasound.IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control · 2019Article
- Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters Based on the Backscattered Echo Power Signal as Biomarkers of Cervical Remodeling: A Longitudinal Study in the Pregnant Rhesus Macaque.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2019Article
- Quantitative Ultrasound Biomarkers Based on Backscattered Acoustic Power: Potential for Quantifying Remodeling of the Human Cervix during Pregnancy.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2019Article
- Inter-sonographer reproducibility of quantitative ultrasound outcomes and shear wave speed measured in the right lobe of the liver in adults with known or suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.European radiology · 2018Article
- Power Spectrum Consistency among Systems and Transducers.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2018Article
- Repeatability and Reproducibility of the Ultrasonic Attenuation Coefficient and Backscatter Coefficient Measured in the Right Lobe of the Liver in Adults With Known or Suspected Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2018Article
- Anisotropy and Spatial Heterogeneity in Quantitative Ultrasound Parameters: Relevance to the Study of the Human Cervix.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2018Article
- Cervical length measurement in nulliparous women at term by ultrasound & its relationship to spontaneous onset of labour.The Indian journal of medical research · 2017Article
- Cervical Evaluation: From Ancient Medicine to Precision Medicine.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2017Article
- Decreased Nutrient Intake Is Associated With Premature Cervical Remodeling.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNNArticle
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The objective of this study was to determine whether estimates of ultrasonic attenuation could detect changes in the cervix associated with medically induced cervical remodeling. Thirty-six full-term pregnant women underwent two transvaginal ultrasonic examinations separated in time by 12 h to determine cervical attenuation, cervical length and changes thereof. Ultrasonic attenuation and cervical length data were acquired from a zone (Zonare Medical Systems, Mountain View, CA, USA) ultrasound system using a 5-9 MHz endovaginal probe. Cervical attenuation and cervical length significantly decreased in the 12 h between the pre-cervical ripening time point and 12 h later. The mean cervical attenuation was 1.1 ± 0.4 dB/cm-MHz before cervical ripening agents were used and 0.8 ± 0.4 dB/cm-MHz 12 h later (p < 0.0001). The mean cervical length also decreased from 3.1 ± 0.9 cm before the cervical ripening was administered to 2.0 ± 1.1 cm 12 h later (p < 0.0001). Cervical attenuation and cervical length detected changes in cervical remodeling 12 h after cervical ripening administration.
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