Assessment of fetal behavior and general movements by four-dimensional sonography

Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-114

  Andonotopo, W ^a   Stanojevic, M ^a   Kurjak, A ^a   Azumendi, G ^b   Carrera, J M ^c  

^a University Hospital Sveti Duh   (Croatia)

^b Centro Gutenberg   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal behavior; Fetal movements; Four dimensional sonography; Three dimensional sonography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MOVEMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERINATOLOGY; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 11944270956     PISSN: 14722240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14722240400016895     Document Type: Review

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