Transfrontal three-dimensional visualization of midline cerebral structures

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-168

  Vinals, F ^a,c   Munoz M ^a   Naveas, R ^b   Giuliano, A ^a  

^a Centro AGB Ultrasonografía

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c Clinica Sanatorio Aleman   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cerebellar vermis; Corpus callosum; Fetal brain; Prenatal diagnosis; Three dimensional ultrasound; Transfrontal; Ultrasound; Volume contrast imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

CEREBRUM; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34547956677     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4073     Document Type: Article

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