Fetal lumbar spine volumetry by three-dimensional ultrasound

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 335-339

  Schild, R L ^a   Wallny, T ^b   Fimmers, R ^b   Hansmann, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Fetal spine; Three dimensional ultrasonography; Three dimensional volumetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRA BODY; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033039064     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.13050335.x     Document Type: Article

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