Examination of the fetal brain by transabdominal three-dimensional ultrasound: Potential for routine neurosonographic studies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 503-508

  Correa, F F ^a,b   Lara, C ^a   Bellver, J ^a   Remohi J ^a   Pellicer, A ^a   Serra, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetus; Neurosonography; Prenatal diagnosis; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CISTERNA MAGNA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646537789     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2750     Document Type: Article

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