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Transvaginal ultrasonography (left) to assess a cervix (middle), [illustration by James A. Cooper, M.D., San Diego, CA in Callen (2008)36], showing cervical effacement and funneling (right)37 [reproduced with permissions from Elsevier and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine].