Ultrasound evaluation of normal and abnormal fetuses: Comparison of conventional, tissue harmonic, and pulse-inversion harmonic imaging techniques

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 184-190

  Ryu, Jeong Ah ^a,b   Kim, Bohyun ^a   Kim, Sooah ^a,c   Yang, Soon Ha ^a   Choi, Moon Hae ^d   Ahn, Hyeong Sik ^e  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c Pundang Je saeng General Hospital

^d Mizmedi Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fetus, US; Pulse inversion harmonic imaging, US; Tissue harmonic imaging, US

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FACE; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIMB; PULSE INVERSION HARMONIC IMAGING; SPINE; TISSUE HARMONIC IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1542682704     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2003.4.3.184     Document Type: Article

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