Antepartum, transabdominal near infrared spectroscopy: Feasibility of measuring photon migration through the fetal head in utero

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 275-288

  Ramanujam, Nirmala ^a   Long, Hong ^a   Rode, Martha ^b   Forouzan, Iraj ^b   Morgan, Mark ^b   Chance, Britton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antepartum; Fetal head; In utero; Near infrared spectroscopy; Photon migration; Transabdominal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HEAD; HUMANS; OXYGEN; PHOTONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0032726852     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059909020498     Document Type: Article

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