Estimation of fractional moving blood volume in fetal lung using power Doppler ultrasound; methodological aspects

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1551-1559

  Jansson, Tomas ^a   Hernandez Andrade, Edgar ^a   Lingman, Göran ^a   Maršál, Karel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Fetal lung; Perfusion; Power Doppler

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DOPPLER EFFECT; PULMONARY DISEASES; TISSUE;

GESTATION; MEAN PIXEL INTENSITY (MPI);

ULTRASONICS;

A SCAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; HUMAN; LUNG PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SYSTOLE; THORAX; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 0345707661     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)01050-0     Document Type: Article

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