An increased thermal index can be achieved when performing Doppler studies in obstetric sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-76

  Sheiner, Eyal ^a,b,c   Shoham Vardi, Ilana ^c   Pombar, Xavier ^a   Hussey, Michael J ^a   Strassner, Howard T ^a   Abramowicz, Jacques S ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acoustic output; Doppler sonography; Mechanical index; Safety; Thermal index; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; FETAL MONITORING; OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC OUTPUT; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL INDEX; THERMAL INDEX;

DIAGNOSIS;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEATING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL INDEX; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INDEX;

EID: 33846178664     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.1.71     Document Type: Article

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