Methodological considerations for the correct application of quantitative three-dimensional power Doppler angiography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-117

  Raine Fenning, N J ^a   Welsh, A W ^a   Jones, N W ^b   Bugg, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PLACENTA DISEASES; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 54849434859     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.5394     Document Type: Letter

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