Comparison between color Doppler cineloop- and conventional spectral Doppler-derived maximum velocity and flow in the umbilical vein

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-161

  Gerada, M ^a,b   Struijk, P C ^a   Stewart, P A ^a   Guerriero, S ^b   Melis, G B ^b   Wladimiroff, J W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Spectral Doppler; Umbilical venous volume flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 33747600151     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2729     Document Type: Article

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