Standardization of power Doppler quantification of blood flow in the human fetus using the aorta and inferior vena cava

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-43

  Welsh, A W ^a,b,c   Rubin, J M ^d   Fowlkes, J B ^d   Fisk, N M ^b,c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal perfusion; Fetus; Fractional moving blood volume; Power Doppler; Renal

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 27144498048     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.1924     Document Type: Article

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