Validation of Placental Vascular Sonobiopsy for Obtaining Representative Placental Vascular Indices by Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Ultrasonography

Placenta

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-196

  Tuuli, M G ^a   Houser, M ^a   Odibo, L ^a   Huster, K ^a   Macones, G A ^a   Odibo, A O ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Placenta; Placental vascular indices; Sonobiospy; Three dimensional power Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONOBIOPSY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 76749113831     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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