A systematic analysis of the feasibility of four-dimensional ultrasound imaging using spatiotemporal image correlation in routine fetal echocardiography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 625-632

  Uittenbogaard, L B ^a   Haak, M C ^a   Spreeuwenberg, M D ^a   Van Vugt, J M G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

4D; Feasibility; Fetal echocardiography; Spatiotemporal image correlation; STIC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC VOLUME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 54549127145     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5351     Document Type: Article

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