Application of automated sonography on 4-dimensional volumes of fetuses with transposition of the great arteries

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 771-776

  Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Capponi, Alessandra ^b   Cavicchionl, Ottavia ^a   Vendola, Marianne ^a   Pietrolucci, Maria E ^a   Arduini, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Grassi   (Italy)

Author keywords

4 dimensional sonography; Automated sonography; Congenital heart diseases; Fetal echocardiography; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

4-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; AUTOMATED SONOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT ARTERIES;

DIAGNOSIS;

AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FOUR DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 45849134171     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.5.771     Document Type: Article

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