Gestational age dependency of umbilical flow waveforms: An investigation using a lumped parameter model

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1130-1133

  Capper, Wayne Logan ^a   Myers, Lance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Foetal growth; Gestational age; Pulsatility index; Resistance index; Umbilical arteries

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FOETAL GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; UMBILICAL FLOW WAVEFORM;

HEMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034441517     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2000.897928     Document Type: Article

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