Quality of 2- and 3-dimensional fast acquisition fetal cardiac imaging at 18 to 22 weeks: Ramifications for screening

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 595-601

  Cohen, Leeber ^a   Mangers, Kristie ^a   Platt, Lawrence ^b   Julien, Svena ^a   Gotteiner, Nina ^a   Dungan, Jeff ^a   Grobman, William ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional fetal echocardiography; Congenital heart disease; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; RANDOM PROCESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FAST ACQUISITION; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL ULTRASOUND; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT VENTRICULAR;

DIAGNOSIS;

AORTA ARCH; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 65949114056     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.5.595     Document Type: Article

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