Examination of the fetal heart by four-dimensional (4D) ultrasound with spatio-temporal image correlation (STIC)

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 336-348

  Goncalves L F ^a,b   Lee, W ^c   Espinoza, J ^a,b   Romero, R ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; 4D; Congenital heart disease; Fetus; Four dimensional; Heart; STIC; Three dimensional; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART VALVE; IMAGE QUALITY; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREGNANCY; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33646673390     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2724     Document Type: Article

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