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New Technologies for Monitoring Labor Progress

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Intrapartum Ultrasonography for Labor Management

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Ultrasound has been the major development in obstetrics in the last three decades that allows assessment and management of the fetus that was practically inconceivable prior to its invention. Ilan Timor Tritsch, a mentor in the field of obstetric ultrasounds, repeatedly stated that there were three major advancements in obstetrics: ultrasound, ultrasound, and ultrasound.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada

    Dan Farine M.D., FRCS

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 91240, Israel

    Drorith Hochner-Celnikier M.D.

  3. Division of Infertility, Bnei Zion Hospital Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Yoav Paltieli M.D., Ph.D., LLB

  4. Trig Medical, Ridgefield Park, NJ, USA

    Yoav Paltieli M.D., Ph.D., LLB

  5. Trig Medical Ltd., Bldg 7, 2 Hacarmel St, 536, YoqneamIlit, 20692, Israel

    Yoav Paltieli M.D., Ph.D., LLB

  6. Software Engineering and Telemedia LAB (SET-LAB), Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Mario Bochicchio Ph.D.

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    Antonio Malvasi

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Farine, D., Hochner-Celnikier, D., Paltieli, Y., Bochicchio, M. (2012). New Technologies for Monitoring Labor Progress. In: Malvasi, A. (eds) Intrapartum Ultrasonography for Labor Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29939-1_12

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