Changes in myometrial 'perfusion' during normal labor as visualized by three-dimensional power Doppler angiography

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-312

  Jones, N W ^a   Raine Fenning, N J ^b   Jayaprakasan, K ^b   Mousa, H A ^a   Taggart, M J ^c   Bugg, G J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labor; Myometrial blood flow; Myometrium; Power doppler angiography; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR STAGE 1; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE PERFUSION; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS RELAXATION; VASCULARIZATION; VIRTUAL ORGAN COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 61849170185     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.6303     Document Type: Article

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