Fractional moving blood volume estimation in the fetal lung using power Doppler ultrasound: A reproducibility study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-373

  Hernandez Andrade, E ^a,b   Thuring Jonsson A ^a   Jansson, T ^a   Lingman, G ^a   Marsal K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fetal lung; Fractional moving blood volume; Mean pixel intensity; Power Doppler ultrasound; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EVALUATION; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; FRACTIONATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG PERFUSION; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; HEART VALVES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LUNG; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1942500249     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1003     Document Type: Article

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