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A review in 2003 considered routine performance of pelvimetry to be a waste of time, a potential liability, and an unnecessary discomfort.<ref name="Blackadar2004">{{cite journal | vauthors = Blackadar CS, Viera AJ | title = A retrospective review of performance and utility of routine clinical pelvimetry | journal = Family Medicine | volume = 36 | issue = 7 | pages = 505–7 | date = 2004 | pmid = 15243832 }}</ref> A woman's pelvis loosens up before birth by hormones, so an investigation before labor do not represent the physiologic capacity of the birth canal. Still, pelvimetry can be indicated when a woman has had failure to progress in a previous pregnancy.

Low-dose 3D CT can be used for estimating pelvimetry parameters.<ref name=Cetin2016>{{cite journal | vauthors = Salk I, Cetin A, Salk S, Cetin M | title = Pelvimetry by Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography in Non-Pregnant Multiparous Women Who Delivered Vaginally | journal = Polish Journal of Radiology | volume = 81 | issue = | pages = 219–27 | date = 2016 | pmid = 27231494 | pmc = 4865272 | doi = 10.12659/PJR.896380 }}</ref>