Effectiveness of ultrasonographic evaluation of the cranial sutures in children with suspected craniosynostosis

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 687-692

  Simanovsky, Natalia ^a   Hiller, Nurith ^a   Koplewitz, Benjamin ^a   Rozovsky, Katya ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Infants; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 59949085700     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1193-5     Document Type: Review

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