Three-dimensional ultrasound in prenatal diagnosis

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-202

  Chaoui, Rabih ^a   Heling, Kai Sven ^a  

^a Center for Prenatal Diagnosis and Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic syndromes; Maximum mode; Prenatal diagnosis; Three dimensional ultrasound; Tomographic imaging

Indexed keywords

FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FETUS MALFORMATION; FRONTAL BONE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NASAL BONE; ORGAN SIZE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646513530     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000192993.30342.6a     Document Type: Review

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