Three-dimensional multiplanar ultrasound is a valuable tool in the study of the fetal profile in the second trimester of pregnancy

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-200

  De Jong Pleij, E A P ^a   Ribbert, L S M ^a   Tromp, E ^a   Bilardo, C M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal face; Prenatal diagnosis; Profile view; Reproducibility; Three dimensional ultrasound; Two dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FACE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FACE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 76349105493     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7471     Document Type: Article

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