The role of noninvasive diagnostic imaging in monitoring pregnancy and detecting patients at risk for preterm birth: a review of quantitative approaches

H Helmi, A Siddiqui, Y Yan, M Basij… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… using combined photoacoustic, ultrasound, and elastography as … used to estimate the US
attenuation in the cervix [Citation99]. … imaging to monitor the pregnant cervix and predicting the …

Assessment of structural heterogeneity and viscosity in the cervix using shear wave elasticity imaging: initial results from a rhesus macaque model

IM Rosado-Mendez, ML Palmeri, LC Drehfal… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2017 - Elsevier
… Shear wave elasticity imaging has shown promise in evaluation of the pregnant cervix.
Changes in shear wave group velocity have been attributed exclusively to changes in stiffness. …

Quantitative cervical elastography: a new approach of cervical insufficiency prediction

L Zhang, Q Zheng, H Xie, L Du, L Wu, M Lin - Archives of Gynecology and …, 2020 - Springer
ultrasound examinations, the CL has been used as an indicator of cervical function during
pregnancy… After clicking the ElastoScan button, the initial conditions (gain, 50; DR, 123; FA, 10; …

[图书][B] A Model-Based Approach for Tissue Characterization of the Uterine Cervix Using Ultrasonic Backscatter

AP Santoso - 2019 - search.proquest.com
… into the uterus and cervix of pregnant and nonpregnant … acoustic attenuation in specimens,
over the 4–9 MHz bandwidth, based on its previous use in cervical attenuation estimation

[图书][B] Characterization of the Human Uterine Cervix Using Quantitative Ultrasound and Microscopy

LC Drehfal - 2018 - search.proquest.com
… SWEI methods specific to cervical assessment, establish spatial … (SWS) estimates in the ex
vivo non-pregnant cervix, assess the … attenuation (the frequency-dependent loss of ultrasound

[HTML][HTML] Why are viscosity and nonlinearity bound to make an impact in clinical elastographic diagnosis?

G Rus, IH Faris, J Torres, A Callejas, J Melchor - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
… of cervical ECM during pregnancy is graphically described. … [255] suggested that cervical
ultrasonic attenuation, which is … to use in preliminary estimations of cervical viscoelastic …

[HTML][HTML] Mid-trimester cervical consistency index and cervical length to predict spontaneous preterm birth in a high-risk population

N Baños, C Julià, N Lorente, S Ferrero… - … Perinatology Reports, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
… this study, we evaluate the cervical consistency index (CCI), an ultrasound measurement that
aims to estimate cervicalcervical remodeling along pregnancy suggest an initial phase of …

Multiparametric QUS analysis for placental tissue characterization

F Deeba, M Ma, M Pesteie, J Terry… - 2018 40th Annual …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
cervical ripening from the ACE measured at cervix [9], but only … showing high fat content in
complicated pregnancy [19], we … This study shows the application of the ultrasound data for …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization protocol of fixation method for trophoblast retrieval from the cervix (TRIC): a preliminary study

MJ Lee, SH Kim, SH Shim, HY Jang, HJ Park, DH Cha - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
… can be performed early during pregnancy. Many studies are … the genetic evaluation of the
etiology of ultrasound anomalies, … To overcome this, some investigators are studying cervical

Comparison of two spectral-based techniques for estimating the attenuation coefficient from human cervix

Z Xu, A Han, DG Simpson, WD O'Brien Jr… - The Journal of the …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
… This study uses in vivo radiofrequency ultrasound data … human cervices from 214 pregnant
women (enrollment still … Preliminary analysis yielded correlated AC estimates (Pearson’sr = …