Fetal echocardiography at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks using four-dimensional spatiotemporal image correlation telemedicine via an Internet link: A pilot study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 633-638

  Vinals F ^a,d   Ascenzo, R ^b   Naveas, R ^a   Huggon, I ^c   Giuliano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b Clínica Veterinaria Miraflores   (Peru)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Clinica Sanatorio Aleman   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cardiac defects; Congenital heart disease; Fetal echocardiography; First trimester; Nuchal translucency; Spatiotemporal image correlation; STIC; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MATERNAL AGE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELEMEDICINE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIAC VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNET; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELERADIOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 54549088799     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5350     Document Type: Article

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