Transmission line models to simulate the impedance of the uterine vasculature during the ovarian cycle and pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 144, Issue SUPPL 1, 2009, Pages

  Zhu, Yanmei ^a   Sprague, Benjamin J ^a,b   Phernetton, Terrance M ^b   Magness, Ronald R ^b,c   Chesler, Naomi C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Computer simulation; Resistance; Uterine hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SHEEP; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 67650175899     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.02.030     Document Type: Article

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