Targeted mid-trimester ultrasound examination: How does fetal anatomic visualization depend upon the duration of the scan?

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 521-526

  Catanzarite, V ^a,b,c   Delaney, K ^a   Wolfe, S ^a   Dowling, D ^a,b   Daneshmand, S ^a,b   Cousins, L ^a,b   Poeltler, D ^b  

^a Sharp Children's Prenatal Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b SHARP HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c San Diego Perinatal Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal anatomic visualization; Prenatal diagnosis; Routine ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; BLADDER; CEREBELLUM; CHOROID PLEXUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STOMACH;

AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEAD; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PULMONARY VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VISCERA;

EID: 27744436179     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1953     Document Type: Review

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