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Original Article

Satisfactory rate of post-processing visualization of fetal cerebral axial, sagittal, and coronal planes from three-dimensional volumes acquired in routine second trimester ultrasound practice by sonographers of peripheral centers

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Pages 1071-1076 | Received 08 Sep 2010, Accepted 03 Dec 2010, Published online: 13 Jan 2011

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