Three-dimensional ultrasonography of the fetal vermis at 18 to 26 weeks' gestation: Time of appearance of the primary fissure

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Zalel, Yaron ^a   Yagel, Simcha ^b   Achiron, Reuven ^a   Kivilevich, Zvi ^a   Gindes, Liat ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional ultrasonography; Primary fissure; Vermis

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

3-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY FISSURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHIC ULTRASOUND IMAGING; VERMIS; VOLUME CONTRAST IMAGING;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 58149526712     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.1.1     Document Type: Article

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