Development of quantitative Doppler indices for uteroplacental and fetal blood flow during the third trimester

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 823-835

  Joern, Hendrik ^b   Funk, Andreas ^c   Goetz, Martin ^c   Kuehlwein, Holger ^c   Klein, Alfred ^c   Fendel, Heinrich ^a  

^a Heilig Geist Krankenhaus Koln   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Doppler flow velocity waveform analysis; Fetal blood flow; Obstetrical management; Pregnancy complication; Quantitative Doppler indices; Uteroplacental blood flow

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CALCULATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; FETAL MONITORING; HEMODYNAMICS; OBSTETRICS; TISSUE;

FETAL BLOOD FLOW; FETAL BLOOD VESSELS; INSONATION; MAXIMUM END DIASTOLIC VELOCITY; MAXIMUM SYSTOLIC; QUANTITATIVE DOPPLER INDICES; UTEROPLACENTAL;

ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0029739651     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00090-7     Document Type: Article

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