Reliability of fetal middle cerebral artery velocity measurements: A randomized controlled trial of sonographer training

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-25

  Clark, Erin A S ^a   Lacoursiere, D Yvette ^a   Byrne, Janice L B ^a   Ponder, Rebecca ^a   Silver, Robert M ^a   Esplin, M Sean ^a  

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

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Fetal anemia; Middle cerebral artery; Peak systolic velocity; Sonographer training

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; FETAL ANEMIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITIES; SONOGRAPHERS;

RELIABILITY;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VELOCITY;

EID: 58149526711     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.1.19     Document Type: Article

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