Longitudinal Doppler measurements of spiral artery blood flow in relation to uterine artery blood flow

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1623-1628

  Deurloo, Koen L ^a   Bolte, Antoinette C ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^a   Van Vugt, John M G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Placenta; Spiral artery; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS; OBSTETRICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; PLACENTA; SPIRAL ARTERY; UTERINE ARTERY;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74749103191     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.12.1623     Document Type: Article

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