Imaging of placental vasculature using three-dimensional ultrasound and color power Doppler: A preliminary study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-49

  Pretorius, D H ^a,b   Nelson, T R ^a   Baergen, R N ^a   Pai, E ^a   Cantrell, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler studies; Placenta; Three dimensional ultrasound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VEINS;

EID: 0031822019     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1998.12010045.x     Document Type: Article

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