Examination of the secondary palate on stored 3D ultrasound volumes of the fetal face

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-411

  Wong, H S ^a   Tait, J ^b   Pringle, K C ^b  

^a Australian Women's Ultrasound Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Secondary palate; Three dimensional ultrasound; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PALATE; SOFT PALATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FACE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PALATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UVULA;

EID: 63449101603     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6339     Document Type: Article

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