Comparison of ex-vivo high-resolution episcopic microscopy with in-vivo four-dimensional high-resolution transvaginal sonography of the first-trimester fetal heart

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-202

  Gindes, L ^a   Matsui, H ^b   Achiron, R ^a   Mohun, T ^c   Ho, S Y ^d   Gardiner, H ^b,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 dimensional; episcopic microscopy; fetus; first trimester; heart; HREM; STIC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINA;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VAGINA;

EID: 84856349702     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.9068     Document Type: Article

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