Evaluation of volume vascularization index and flow index: A phantom study

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 560-564

  Schulten Wijman, M J N C ^a   Struijk, P C ^a   Brezinka, C ^a   De Jong, N ^a   Steegers, E A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flow index; Phantom; Power Doppler; Three dimensional ultrasound; Vascularization index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FILTER; FLOW KINETICS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; BLOOD VOLUME; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 53149084088     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6112     Document Type: Article

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