A systematic technique using 3-dimensional ultrasound provides a simple and reproducible mode to evaluate the corpus callosum

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201.e1-201.e5

  Bornstein, Eran ^a   Monteagudo, Ana ^a   Santos, Rosalba ^a   Keeler, Sean M ^a   Timor Tritsch, Ilan E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; agenesis of corpus callosum; anatomic survey; corpus callosum; fetal neurosonogram; pericallosal artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERICALLOSAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 74749097853     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.10.705     Document Type: Article

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