Utilization of the nuchal translucency image-scoring method during training of new examiners

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 234-239

  Herman, Arie ^a,b   Maymon, Ron ^a,b   Dreazen, Eli ^a,b   Zohav, Efraim ^c   Segal, Octav ^c   Segal, Shmuel ^c   Weinraub, Zwi ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Image scoring; Nuchal translucency; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032786570     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020928     Document Type: Article

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