Three-dimensional sonographic volume measurement of the fetal lung

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 793-798

  Hata, Toshiyuki ^a   Kuno, Atsushi ^b   Dai, Shu Yan ^a   Inubashiri, Eisuke ^a   Hanaoka, Uiko ^a   Kanenishi, Kenji ^a   Yamashiro, Chizu ^a   Tanaka, Hirokazu ^a   Yanagihara, Toshihiro ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D ultrasound; Appropriate for gestational age fetus; Autopsy; Fetal lung hypoplasia; Lung volume; Normal pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 36049025281     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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