The assessment of normal fetal brain volume by 3-D ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1267-1272

  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

Brain volume; Human fetus; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MEDICAL IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GESTATIONAL AGE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141750523     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00989-X     Document Type: Article

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