Effects of fetal and maternal breathing on the ultrasonic Doppler signal due to fetal heart movement

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-52

  Karlsson, B ^a   Berson, M ^b   Helgason, T ^a   Geirsson, R T ^a   Pourcelot, L ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Fetal heart rate; Fetal monitoring; Fetal respiratory movements

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; FETUS HEART; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034057073     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(99)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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