Growth of the fetal forehead and normative dimensions developed by three-dimensional ultrasonographic technology

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 401-405

  Sivan, Eyal ^a   Chan, Linda ^a,b   Uerpairojkit, Boonchai ^a   Chu, Ging Ping ^a   Reece, E Albert ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; Forehead, 3D ultrasonography; Frontal bossing; Nomogram

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING; FUNCTIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYNOMIALS;

FOREHEAD INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE GROWTH; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FOREHEAD; FRONTAL BOSSING; HUMAN; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031172049     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1997.16.6.401     Document Type: Article

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