Reproducibility of regional placental vascularity/perfusion measurement using 3D power doppler

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-209

  Lai, P K ^a   Wang, Y A ^b   Welsh, A W ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fractional moving blood volume; Interobserver variability; Intraobserver variability; Placental perfusion; Power Doppler; Regional placental vascularity; VOCAL

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77956157172     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7608     Document Type: Article

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