Real-time 3-Dimensional Fetal Echocardiography with an Instantaneous Volume-Rendered Display: Early Description and Pictorial Essay

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-289

  Sklansky, Mark S ^a,c   DeVore, Greggory R ^b   Wong, Pierre C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fetal Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional echocardiography; Congenital heart disease; Fetal cardiology

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SONOLUMINESCENCE; ULTRASONICS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

SONOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 1042301336     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.2.283     Document Type: Article

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