Soft tissue volume of upper arm in predicting small-for-gestational-age fetuses using three-dimensional ultrasound

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-26

  Chang, Chiung Hsin ^a   Tsai, Pei Yin ^a   Yu, Chen Hsiang ^a   Ko, Huei Chen ^a   Chang, Fong Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Musculoskeletal system; Obstetrics; Small for gestational age fetuses

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78650064370     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20748     Document Type: Article

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