Fetal cardiac dimensions at 14-40 weeks' gestation obtained using cardio-STIC-M

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-422

  Luewan, S ^a   Yanase, Y ^a   Tongprasert, F ^a   Srisupundit, K ^a   Tongsong, T ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

4D ultrasound; fetal cardiac dimension; M mode; spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79953150725     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8961     Document Type: Article

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