Assessment of fetal lung development by quantitative ultrasonic tissue characterization: A methodical study

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 671-676

  Tekesin, Ismail ^a   Anderer, Georgia ^a   Hellmeyer, Lars ^a   Stein, Werner ^a   Kühnert, Maritta ^a   Schmidt, Stephan ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal liver; Fetal lung development; Quantitative ultrasonic tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; FETUS LUNG; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

FEMALE; FETAL ORGAN MATURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LUNG; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 4644264490     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.951     Document Type: Article

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