3D imaging of the fetal face - Recommendationsfrom the International 3D Focus Group

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-182

  Merz, E ^a   Abramovicz, J ^b   Baba, K ^b   Blaas, H G K ^b   Deng, J ^b   Gindes, L ^b   Lee, W ^b   Platt, L ^b   Pretorius, D ^b   Schild, R ^a   Sladkevicius, P ^b   Timor Tritsch, I ^b  

^a Hospital Nordwest   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3 D ultrasound; face; fetus

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORBIT; PALATE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FACE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; ORBIT; PALATE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84859792966     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299378     Document Type: Article

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