Automated sonography: Defining the spatial relationship of standard diagnostic fetal cardiac planes in the second trimester of pregnancy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 501-507

  Abuhamad, Alfred ^a   Falkensammer, Peter ^b   Zhao, Yueqin ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 dimensional sonography; Automated sonography; Fetal echocardiography; Volume sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL MONITORING;

3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; AUTOMATED SONOGRAPHY; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOLUME SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STANDARD;

EID: 34047209030     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.4.501     Document Type: Article

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