'Big-eyed frog' sign on spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC) in the antenatal diagnosis of transposition of the great arteries

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 762-768

  Shih, J C ^a   Shyu, M K ^a   Su, Y N ^a   Chiang, Y C ^a   Lin, C H ^a   Lee, C N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

4D; Echocardiography; Fetus; Four dimensional; Spatiotemporal image correlation; STIC; Transposition of the great arteries

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND;

CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MITRAL VALVE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; TRICUSPID VALVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 57349088751     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5369     Document Type: Article

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