Reliability of three-dimensional sonographic measurements in early pregnancy using virtual reality

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 910-916

  Verwoerd Dikkeboom, C M ^a   Koning, A H J ^a   Hop, W C ^a   Rousian, M ^a   Van Der Spek, P J ^a   Exalto, N ^a   Steegers, E A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; 4DView; Embryonic biometry; I Space; ICC values; Reproducibility; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ABDOMEN; CROWN-RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOLK SAC;

EID: 57149111533     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5390     Document Type: Article

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