Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging and measurement of nasal bone length, prenasal thickness and frontomaxillary facial angle in normal second- and third-trimester fetuses

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 636-641

  Vos, F I ^a   De Jong Pleij, E A P ^b   Ribbert, L S M ^b   Tromp, E ^b   Bilardo, C M ^a,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; frontomaxillary facial angle; nasal bone length; prenasal thickness; three dimensional ultrasound; ultrasound marker

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FACE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NASAL BONE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FACE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NASAL BONE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84861624985     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.10058     Document Type: Article

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