Role of three-dimensional ultrasound measurement of the optic tract in fetuses with agenesis of the septum pellucidum

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 570-575

  Bault, J P ^a,b,c   Salomon, L J ^b,c   Guibaud, L ^d   Achiron, R ^e  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c SFAPE Société Pour l'Amélioration des Pratiques en Echographie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; measurements; optic tract; prenatal; septal agenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC CHIASM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SEPTOOPTIC DYSPLASIA; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISUAL SYSTEM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC CHIASM; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEPTO-OPTIC DYSPLASIA; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79955401341     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8847     Document Type: Article

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