Embryonic staging using a 3D virtual reality system

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1479-1484

  Verwoerd Dikkeboom, C M ^a   Koning, A H J ^a   Van Der Spek, P J ^a   Exalto, N ^a   Steegers, E A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Carnegie Stages; Embryonic development; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 44949184539     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den023     Document Type: Article

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