Use of multiplanar 3-dimensional ultrasonography for prenatal sex identification

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-202

  Hackett, Lauren K ^a   Tarsa, Maryam ^b   Wolfson, Tanya J ^b,c   Kaplan, George ^b   Vaux, Keith K ^b,c   Pretorius, Dolores H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguous genitalia; Fetus; Genitalia; Sex; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

3-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; FETUS; GENITALIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; MULTIPLE GESTATIONS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX IDENTIFICATIONS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GONAD; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 75749106688     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.2.195     Document Type: Article

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