Quantification of power Doppler and the index 'fractional moving blood volume' (FMBV)

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-326

  Welsh, A ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLOW RATE; FRACTIONATION; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1942500251     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1037     Document Type: Note

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