Real-time 3-D echocardiographic evaluation of the fetal heart using instantaneous volume-rendered display

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-46

  Hata, Toshiyuki ^a   Kanenishi, Kenji ^a   Tanaka, Hirokazu ^a   Kimura, Kuniko ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus; Heart; Instantaneous volume rendered display; Normal anatomy; Real time 3 D echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FETUS; FETUS HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CYCLE; HEART VALVE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INSTANTANEOUS VOLUME RENDERED DISPLAY; MACHINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REAL TIME THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND MACHINE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 33645243636     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2006.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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