Fine-tuning the diagnosis of fetal scalp cysts: The value of high-frequency sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1363-1368

  Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^a   Monteagudo, Ana ^a   Santos, Rosalba ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal meningocele; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

2- AND 3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHIES; 3-DIMENSIONAL; FETAL MENINGOCELE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; IMAGING MODALITY; POWER DOPPLER; SCALP LESIONS; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MENINGOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCALP; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 54149099548     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.9.1363     Document Type: Article

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