Role of tomographic ultrasound imaging with spatiotemporal image correlation for identifying fetal ventricular septal defects

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1071-1075

  Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Capponi, Alessandra ^b   Vendola, Marianne ^a   Pietrolucci, Maria Elena ^a   Arduini, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b GB Grassi Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

4 dimensional sonography; Congenital heart diseases; Fetal echocardiography; Tomographic ultrasound imaging; Ventricular septal defects

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

4-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHIC ULTRASOUND IMAGING; VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 47249105628     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.7.1071     Document Type: Article

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