Application of the Magnitude-Squared Coherence Function Between Uterine and Umbilical Flow Velocity Waveforms for Predicting Placental Dysfunction: A Preliminary Study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1057-1063

  Struijk, Pieter C ^a   Fernando, Kumari L ^b   Mathews, V John ^b   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Wladimiroff, Juriy W ^a   Clark, Edward B ^c   Varner, Michael W ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus; Intrauterine growth restriction; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy induced hypertension

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FETUS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION;

FETAL MONITORING;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS WEIGHT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UTERUS;

EID: 34347331293     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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