ESTIMATING FETAL AGE - COMPUTER-ASSISTED ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE FETAL GROWTH-PARAMETERS
ESTIMATING FETAL AGE - COMPUTER-ASSISTED ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE FETAL GROWTH-PARAMETERS
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DOI:
10.1148/radiology.152.2.6739822
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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影响因子:
19.7
通讯作者:
PARK, SK
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作者:
HADLOCK, FP;DETER, RL;PARK, SK
Regression models for predicting menstrual age based on real-time sonographic measurements of 4 fetal parameters (biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference and femur length), used alone and in combination, were developed in a cross-sectional study of 361 [human] fetuses between 14 and 42 menstrual wk. The head circumference and femur length were the strongest individuual predictors of age. A number of combinations of fetal parameters, including the combination of head circumference and femur length, provided age estimates that were significantly better (P = 0.05) than those using any single parameter alone. It was also demonstrated that simply averaging individual age estimates in a given case could provide results that were not significantly different from those obtained by using the same parameters in a complex regression equation. The advantages and potential pitfalls of this system of fetal dating are discussed.