Standardized views of the fetal heart using four-dimensional sonographic and tomographic imaging

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-242

  Espinoza, J ^a,b,c   Romero, R ^c,e   Kusanovic, J P ^a,b   Gotsch, F ^a,b   Lee, W ^d   Goncalves L F ^a,b,c   Hassan, S S ^a,b,c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Congenital heart disease; Four dimensional; Prenatal diagnosis; Spatiotemporal; Spatiotemporal image correlation; Three dimensional; Tomographic ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FETUS HEART; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 54549108992     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5250     Document Type: Article

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