3D and 4D ultrasound in fetal cardiac scanning: A new look at the fetal heart

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-95

  Yagel, S ^a   Cohen, S M ^a   Shapiro, I ^b   Valsky, D V ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

3D 4D ultrasound; Fetal echocardiography; Inversion mode; Power Doppler; STIC; Tomographic ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33846429553     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.3912     Document Type: Review

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