The use of 3D ultrasound to investigate fetal bone development

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-52

  Mahon, Pamela A ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Crozier, Sarah R ^a   Godfey, Keith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIGH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 68349098379     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5324/nje.v19i1.11     Document Type: Article

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