Quantification of ovarian Doppler signal in hyperresponders during in vitro fertilization treatment using three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 921-927

  Pan, Hsien An ^a,b   Wu, Meng Hsing ^a   Cheng, Yueh Chin ^a   Wu, Li Hsiang ^a   Chang, Fong Ming ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hyperresponders; IVF; Ovarian stroma; Power Doppler; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DOPPLER EFFECT; HORMONES;

DOPPLER SIGNALS;

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; UROFOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0038444323     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00901-3     Document Type: Article

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