Evaluation of fetal regional cerebral blood perfusion using power Doppler ultrasound and the estimation of fractional moving blood volume

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 556-561

  Hernandez Andrade, E ^a,b,d   Jansson, T ^c   Figueroa Diesel, H ^b   Rangel Nava, H ^b   Acosta Rojas, R ^a,b   Gratacos E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood perfusion; Fetal brain; Fractional moving blood volume; Power doppler; Reproducibility; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 34249668250     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.4005     Document Type: Article

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