Comparison of estimated fetal weights using volume and 2-dimensional sonography and their relationship to neonatal markers of fat

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-315

  Khoury, Fadi R ^a   Stetzer, Brad ^a   Myers, Stephen A ^a   Mercer, Brian ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Estimate; Fat; Prediction; Volume

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; OILS AND FATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; ESTIMATE; FEMUR LENGTH; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MEAN PERCENT ERROR; SIMPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

FETAL MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; THIGH;

EID: 63449086712     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.3.309     Document Type: Article

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