Validation of volume measurements for fetal echocardiography using four-dimensional ultrasound imaging and spatiotemporal image correlation

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-331

  Uittenbogaard, L B ^a   Haak, M C ^a   Peters, R J H ^a   Van Couwelaar, G M ^a   Vugt, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; 4D ultrasound; Fetal echocardiography; Inversion mode; Spatiotemporal image correlation sTIC; VOCAL; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77949646508     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7561     Document Type: Article

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