Reference range of fetal lung volume by 3D-ultrasonography using the rotational method (VOCAL)

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Werneck Britto, Ingrid Schwach ^a   De Silva Bussamra, Luiz Cláudio ^a   Araujo Jr , Edward ^b,c   Tedesco, Giselle Daharem ^a   Machado Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes ^b   Moron, Antonio Fernandes ^b   Aoki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a Medical Science College of Santa Casa of Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fetal lung volume; Nomogram; Three dimensional ultrasonography; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETAL LUNG VOLUME; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL ORGAN COMPUTED AIDED ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 59449087907     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2009.023     Document Type: Article

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