The role of tissue harmonic imaging in fetal echocardiography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-164

  Paladini, D ^a,b   Vassallo, M ^a   Tartaglione, A ^a   Lapadula, C ^a   Martinelli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Fundamental frequency ultrasound; Harmonic imaging; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1242292298     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.962     Document Type: Article

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