Three-dimensional intrauterine sonography in the early first-trimester of human pregnancy: Preliminary study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 740-743

  Hata, Toshiyuki ^a   Manabe, Atsushi ^a   Aoki, Showa ^a   Miyazaki, Kohji ^a   Yoshino, Kazuo ^b   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^c  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yoshino Lady's Clinic   (Japan)

^c Hirata Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

2D intrauterine sonography; 3D intrauterine sonography; Embryo; First trimester; Surface anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FACE; FEMALE; FINGER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOREHEAD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIMB; MIDGUT; NORMAL HUMAN; SACRUM; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0031944884     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.3.740     Document Type: Article

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