Quantitative assessment of cervical softening during pregnancy in the Rhesus macaque with shear wave elasticity imaging

IM Rosado-Mendez, LC Carlson, KM Woo… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abnormal parturition, eg pre-or post-term birth, is associated with maternal and neonatal
morbidity and increased economic burden. This could potentially be prevented by accurate …

[HTML][HTML] Shear wave dispersion as a potential biomarker for cervical remodeling during pregnancy: evidence from a non-human primate model

A Torres, ML Palmeri, H Feltovich, TJ Hall… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Shear wave dispersion (variation of phase velocity with frequency) occurs in tissues with
layered and anisotropic microstructure and viscous components, such as the uterine cervix …