Establishment of fetal biometric charts using quantile regression analysis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-33

  Daniel Spiegel, Etty ^a   Weiner, Ehud ^a   Yarom, Ilan ^a   Doveh, Etti ^b   Friedman, Perry ^b   Cohen, Ayala ^b   Shalev, Eliezer ^a,b  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal biometry; Microcephaly; Quantile regression analysis; Reference charts; Sonography

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; OBSTETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

FETAL BIOMETRY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCES; MICROCEPHALY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUANTILE REGRESSION; REFERENCE CHARTS; REGRESSION PARAMETERS; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84871796967     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2013.32.1.23     Document Type: Article

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