Transperineal versus transvaginal color doppler imaging of the uterine circulation

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 293-299

  Chan, Fung Yee ^a,b,c   Chau, Ming Tak ^a,b,c   Pun, Ting Chung ^a,b,c   Lam, Christina ^a,b,c   Leong, Lilian ^a,b,c  

^a MATER MOTHERS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

color Doppler ultrasound; transperineal sonography; transvaginal sonography; uterine circulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UTERUS;

EID: 0030992476     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199707)25:6<293::AID-JCU2>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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