The role of spatio-temporal image correlation (STIC) with tomographic ultrasound imaging (TUI) in the sequential analysis of fetal congenital heart disease

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 555-561

  Paladini, D ^a,b   Vassallo, M ^a   Sglavo, G ^a   Lapadula, C ^a   Martinelli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; Four dimensional ultrasound; STIC; Tomographic imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646565319     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2749     Document Type: Article

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