In Vitro Dual Perfusion of Human Placental Lobules as a Flow Phantom to Investigate the Relationship between Fetoplacental Flow and Quantitative 3D Power Doppler Angiography

Placenta

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-135

  Jones, N W ^a   Hutchinson, E S ^b   Brownbill, P ^b   Crocker, I P ^b   Eccles, D ^c   Bugg, G J ^a   Raine Fenning, N J ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GE Medical Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D power Doppler; Flow phantom; In vitro; Placental blood flow; Placental perfusion; Ultrasound; Vascular indices

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; PHANTOM; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULARIZATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PERFUSION; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249083988     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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