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4D Fetal Echocardiography in Clinical Practice

Edward Araujo Júnior, Giselle Darahem Tedesco, Milene Carvalho Carrilho, Alberto Borges Peixoto, Francisco Herlânio Costa Carvalho

Keywords : Automatic volume calculation,B-flow imaging,Congenital heart disease,Fetal intelligent navigation echocardiography,HDlive,Inversion mode,Omniview®,Spatiotemporal image correlation,Tomographic ultrasound imaging,Virtual organ computer-aided analysis

Citation Information : Araujo Júnior E, Darahem Tedesco G, Carvalho Carrilho M, Borges Peixoto A, Costa Carvalho FH. 4D Fetal Echocardiography in Clinical Practice. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2015; 9 (4):382-396.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10009-1425

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-06-2016

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2015; The Author(s).


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Araujo Júnior E, Tedesco GD, Carrilho MC, Peixoto AB, Carvalho FHC. 4D Fetal Echocardiography in Clinical Practice. Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2015;9(4): 382-396.


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