Three-dimensional ultrasonography of normal fetal heart: Comparison with two-dimensional imaging

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 341-348

  Levental, Mark ^a   Pretorius, Dolores H ^b   Sklansky, Mark S ^c   Budorick, Nancy E ^b   Nelson, Thomas R ^b   Lou, Karen ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system, fetus; Heart, fetal; Three dimensional ultrasonography; Ultrasonography, technology

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; FETAL MONITORING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATIENT SELECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032102929     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1998.17.6.341     Document Type: Article

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