A Review of Three-dimensional Ultrasound Applications in Fetal Growth Restriction

Journal of Medical Ultrasound

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 142-149

  Lee, I Wen ^a,b   Chang, Chiung Hsin ^a   Cheng, Yueh Chin ^a   Ko, Huei Chen ^c,d   Chang, Fong Ming ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BRAIN WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETAL HEAD VOLUME; FETAL LIMB VOLUME; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS RISK; FETUS WEIGHT; GENETIC GROWTH POTENTIAL; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVER WEIGHT; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL;

EID: 84866611720     PISSN: 09296441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmu.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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