What do clinical users know regarding safety of ultrasound during pregnancy?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-325

  Sheiner, Eyal ^a,b,c   Shoham Vardi, Ilana ^c   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; Mechanical index; Questionnaire survey; Safety; Thermal index; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC OUTPUT; MECHANICAL INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAFETY ASPECTS; THERMAL INDEX;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 33847666407     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.3.319     Document Type: Article

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