Contribution of three-dimensional volume contrast imaging to the sonographic assessment of the fetal uterus

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 567-570

  Jouannic, J M ^a   Rosenblatt, J ^a   Demaria, F ^a   Jacobs, R ^a   Aubry, M C ^b   Benifla, J L ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^b Centre d'Echographie   (France)

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; Fetal uterus; Ultrasound; Volume contrast imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 27744506315     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1956     Document Type: Article

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