Fractional limb volume - A soft tissue parameter of fetal body composition: Validation, technical considerations and normal ranges during pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 427-440

  Lee, W ^a,c,d   Balasubramaniam, M ^a   Deter, R L ^b   Hassan, S S ^c,d   Gotsch, F ^c,d   Kusanovic, J P ^c,d   Goncalves L F ^c,d   Romero, R ^c,d  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Fractional arm volume; Fractional thigh volume; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIGH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 63449127320     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6319     Document Type: Article

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