… late (third-trimester) pregnant cervix in a group of women from each time point. Unexpectedly,
we also found that acoustic attenuation estimates had high variance even after accounting …

… testing of cervical biopsies from non-pregnant women 13. The … greatly dependent on the
initial diameter of the cervical canal. … Ultrasonic attenuation estimates the attenuation within the …

… has been utilized to evaluate the onset of cervical ripening during pregnancy. This feature …
, we present the ultrasonic attenuation coefficient in ex vivo human uterine and cervical tissue, …

… a longitudinal study in which pregnant human patients are used. Ultrasonic attenuation estimates
… In our study of ultrasound attenuation assessment of human cervix tissue, ROI size was …

… ultrasound to examine the possible clinical applications of this technique to gynecology. There
were 44 women in the study population (age 19-76; ten with a normal uterus, … 20 pregnant …

… were used to study the effect of attenuation on the cervical tissue. … due to attenuation, and
consequently anomalous values of the … Cervical ultrasound elastography may hold potential to …

… timed pregnant (days 15, 17, 19, 20, and 21 of pregnancy) … it is estimated that just the initial
neonatal care costs $6 billion … -specific attenuation is essential in calculating the ultrasound …

… The initial results reported gave values rather higher than … the loss of the ultrasonic signal
in vivo, in early pregnancy, in … The ultrasonic beam used in our attenuation measurements is …

… Uterine cervix tissue also has a greater acoustic attenuation than liver tissue (1.3 to 2.0 db·cm…
, “Ultrasonic attenuation estimation of the pregnant cervix: a preliminary report,” Ultrasound …

… initial exploration of SWS estimation in the rhesus macaque model we are developing for
comprehensive study of the pregnant cervix. … that acoustic attenuation varies during pregnancy […