OmniView algorithm: A novel 3-dimensional sonographic technique in the study of the fetal hard and soft palates

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-318

  Tonni, Gabriele ^a   Lituania, Mario ^b  

^a PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^b GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Fetus; OmniView; Prenatal sonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CLEFT LIPS; CLEFT PALATE; FETUS; OMNIVIEW; PRENATAL SONOGRAPHY;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT PALATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PALATE, HARD; PALATE, SOFT; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84856692814     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.2.313     Document Type: Review

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