Assessment of corpus callosum biometric measurements at 18 to 32 weeks' gestation by 3-dimensional sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-53

  Rizzo, Giuseppe ^a   Pietrolucci, Maria Elena ^a   Capponi, Alessandra ^b   Arduini, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b GB Grassi Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 dimensional sonography; Corpus callosum; Fetal brain; Fetal neurosonography

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; BRAIN; MEASUREMENTS; NEONATAL MONITORING; RATING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

3-D MEASUREMENT; 3-DIMENSIONAL; 3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; AXIAL VIEW; BIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ECHOGENIC; FETAL BRAIN; INTERCLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; LINEAR GROWTH; MID-SAGITTAL PLANES; NEUROSONOGRAPHY; OFF-LINE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SONOGRAPHIC;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOMETRY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78650863701     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.1.47     Document Type: Article

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