Standardization of on-screen fetal heart orientation prior to storage of spatio-temporal image correlation (STIC) volume datasets

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 605-611

  Paladini, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FETUS HEART RATE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; ORIENTATION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34250798016     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4049     Document Type: Editorial

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