Three-dimensional inversion rendering in the first- and early second-trimester fetal brain: Its use in holoprosencephaly

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 744-750

  Timor Tritsch, I E ^a   Monteagudo, A ^a   Santos, R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Early fetal brain; Holoprosencephaly; Inversion rendering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 57349123672     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6245     Document Type: Article

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