Estimated fetal cerebral ultrasound exposures from clinical examinations

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 877-882

  Whittingham, T A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical acoustic exposures; Estimated cerebral exposure; Ultrasonic measurement; Ultrasound equipment output; Ultrasound safety

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICINE; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC POWER;

FETAL MONITORING;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; SKULL; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034896112     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00373-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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