Effects of pulsed ultrasound on sphenoid bone temperature and the heart rate in guinea-pig foetuses

Early Human Development

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-233

  Horder, M M ^a   Barnett, S B ^b   Vella, G J ^a   Edwards, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Foetus; Pulsed ultrasound; Thermal bioeffects; Tissue heating; Ultrasound safety

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART RATE; HEATING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHENOID; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART RATE, FETAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; PREGNANCY; SPHENOID BONE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0032191943     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(98)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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