Quantitative three-dimensional power Doppler sonography for assessment of the fetal renal blood flow in normal gestation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 929-933

  Chang, Chiung Hsin ^a   Yu, Chen Hsiang ^a   Ko, Huei Chen ^a   Chen, Wen Chu ^a   Chang, Fong Ming ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 D power Doppler sonography; Fetal; Histogram analysis; Renal blood flow

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FETAL MONITORING; HEMODYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY SIZE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037707377     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00886-X     Document Type: Article

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