Comparison of two- and three-dimensional ultrasonography in lung volume measurement of normal fetuses

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 415-421

  Araujo Jr , Edward ^a,b   Marcondes Machado Nardozza, Luciano ^a   Rodrigues Pires, Claudio ^a   Antonio Guimarães Filho, Hélio ^a   Fernandes Moron, Antonio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fetus; Lung volume measurements; Three dimensional image; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT T TEST;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34547811665     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2007.073     Document Type: Article

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