The assessment of normal fetal liver volume by three-dimensional ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1123-1129

  Chang, Chiung Hsin ^a   Yu, Chen Hsiang ^a   Chang, Fong Ming ^a   Ko, Huei Chen ^a   Chen, Hsi Yao ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fetus; Liver volume; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GROWTH KINETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GESTATIONAL AGE;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS LIVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LIVER WEIGHT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0041431009     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00061-9     Document Type: Article

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