Advanced Ultrasound Technology in the Management of Infertility

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 62-64

  Nargund, Geeta ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D ultrasonography; Colour Doppler imaging; Endometrial receptivity; Follicular development

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVARY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 0033074912     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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