First-trimester assessment of the fetal palate: A novel application of the volume NT algorithm

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1443-1448

  Sepulveda, Waldo ^a   Cafici, Daniel ^b   Bartholomew, Julie ^c   Wong, Amy E ^a   Martinez Ten, Pilar ^d  

^a Fetal Medicine Center   (Chile)

^b Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagnosis Unit   (Argentina)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Delta Ultrasound Diagnostic Center in Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 dimensional sonography; Cleft lip and palate; Fetal face; Fetal palate; Fetal sonography; First trimester; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

3-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY; CLEFT LIP AND PALATES; FETAL FACES; FETAL PALATES; FETAL SONOGRAPHIES; FIRST TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PALATE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PALATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84865527546     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2012.31.9.1443     Document Type: Article

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