Sonography of Fetal Choroid Plexus Cysts: Detection Depends on Cyst Size and Gestational Age

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1219-1227

  Turner, Shannon R ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^a   Hertzberg, Barbara S ^a   DeLong, David M ^a   Vargas Voracek, Rene ^a   Singer, Amy ^b   Maynor, Carolyn H ^c   Kliewer, Mark A ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Pinehurst Radiology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; Cyst; Fetus; Prenatal sonography; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TEXTURES;

GESTATION;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS CYST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 0242385505     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.11.1219     Document Type: Article

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