Estimation of the Doppler ultrasound umbilical maximal waveform envelope: II. Prediction of fetal distress

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1261-1270

  Doherty, Dorota A ^a,b   James, Ian R ^a   Newnham, John P ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Maximal gamma waveform envelope; Prediction of intrauterine growth restriction; Umbilical artery blood flow; Waveform resistance indices

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; GYNECOLOGY; STATISTICS;

WAVEFORM SKEWNESS;

ULTRASONICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 0036815357     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00574-4     Document Type: Article

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