Three-dimensional ultrasound assessment of fetal liver volume in normal pregnancy: A comparison of reproducibility with two-dimensional ultrasound and a search for a volume constant

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 381-389

  Chang, Fong Mlng ^a   Hsu, Keng F U ^a   Ko, Huei Chen ^a   Yao, Bor Lin ^a   Chang, Chiung Hsin ^a   Yu, Chen Hsiang ^a   Chen, Hsi Yao ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fetal liver; Prenatal ultrasonography; Reproducibility; Three dimensional ultrasound; Two dimensional ultrasound; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

FETAL LIVER VOLUME CONSTANT; PRENATAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; TWO DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND;

FETAL MONITORING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS LIVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER WEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0030953607     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00218-9     Document Type: Article

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