Three-dimensional sonographic calculation of the volume of intracranial structures in growth-restricted and appropriate-for-gestational age fetuses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 530-537

  Benavides Serralde, A ^a   Hernandez Andrade E ^a   Fernandez Delgado J ^a   Plasencia, W ^b   Scheier, M ^a   Crispi, F ^a   Figueras, F ^a   Nicolaides, K H ^b   Gratacos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Fetal brain; Intrauterine growth restriction; Volume calculation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BRAIN SIZE; CALCULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FETUS; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THALAMUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 66249084163     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6343     Document Type: Article

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