The fetal cerebellar vermis: Anatomy and biometric assessment using volume contrast imaging in the C-plane (VCI-C)

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 622-627

  Vinals F ^a,b   Munoz M ^a   Naveas, R ^a   Shalper, J ^a   Giuliano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fetal brain; Fetal cerebellum; VCI; Vermis; Volume contrast imaging; Volume ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 28144460404     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2606     Document Type: Article

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