Introduction: Nowadays, the risk stratification of preterm birth (PTB) and its prediction remain
a challenge. Many risk factors associated with PTB have been identified, and risk scoring …

Objective Estimates of ultrasonic attenuation (the loss of energy as an ultrasonic wave
propagates through tissue) have been used to evaluate the structure and function of tissues …

Purpose: To evaluate the reliability of cervical elastography as a new ultrasound tool for
cervical stiffness assessment in pregnancy. Materials and Methods: Pilot prospective cohort …

Objective New tools are required to improve the identification of women who are at
increased risk for spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). Quantitative analysis of tissue texture …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether cervical ultrasonic attenuation could
identify women at risk of spontaneous preterm birth. During pregnancy, women (n= 67) …

Aim. Feasibility and reliability of tissue Doppler imaging‐(TDI‐) based elastography for
cervical quantitative stiffness assessment during all three trimesters of pregnancy were …

Objectives This study was performed to evaluate the quantitative ultrasonic tissue
characterization of the normal fetal lung development by using acoustic raw data captured …

Objectives: Quantitative texture analysis has been proposed to extract robust features from
the ultrasound image to detect subtle changes in the textures of the images. The aim of this …

While preterm contractions occur almost as often extremely preterm as they do closer to
term, birth due to spontaneous preterm labour before 27 weeks of gestation is rare …