Simultaneous multigate spectral Doppler imaging of the umbilical artery and placental vessels: Novel ultrasound technology

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 256-261

  Yagel, S ^a   Anteby, E Y ^a   Shen, O ^a   Cohen, S M ^a   Friedman, Z ^c   Achiron, R ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Multigate spectral Doppler scanning; Placenta; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHORION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0032757746     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1999.14040256.x     Document Type: Article

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