Evaluation of offline analysis of archived three-dimensional volume datasets in the diagnosis of fetal brain abnormalities

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-169

  Salman, M M ^a,b   Twining, P ^c   Mousa, H ^c   James, D ^c   Momtaz, M ^b   Aboulghar, M ^b   El Sheikhah, A ^b   Bugg, G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; archiving; fetal brain; offline analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051722759     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8921     Document Type: Article

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