Quantitative and morphological assessment of early gestational sacs using three-dimensional ultrasonography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-260

  Lee, W ^a,b,c   Deters, R L ^d   McNie, B ^a   Powell, M ^a   Balasubramaniam, M ^a   Goncalves L F ^b,c   Espinoza, J ^b,c   Romero, R ^b,c  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

First trimester; Sac volume; Three dimensional ultrasonography; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL SAC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33748773867     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2840     Document Type: Article

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