Three- and four-dimensional ultrasound: New methods for evaluating fetal thoracic anomalies

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-43

  Achiron, R ^a,b   Gindes, L ^a   Zalel, Y ^a   Lipitz, S ^a   Weisz, B ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

3D; 4D; Fetal thoracic anomalies; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THANATOPHORIC DWARFISM; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX MALFORMATION; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; THORAX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 54849425573     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5308     Document Type: Article

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