Correlation between uteroplacental three-dimensional power Doppler indices and true uterine blood flow: Evaluation in a pregnant sheep model

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 635-640

  Morel, O ^a,d,e,h   Pachy, F ^a,e   Chavatte Palmer, P ^a,e   Bonneau, M ^b   Gayat, E ^f   Laigre, P ^c,d,e   Evain Brion, D ^d,e   Tsatsaris, V ^d,e,g  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b CRII   (France)

^c INRA   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e PremUp Foundation   (France)

^f HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^g université Paris Cité   (France)

^h Maternite Regionale Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; animal model; blood flow; power Doppler; uteroplacental unit; vascular indices

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 78349288919     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7741     Document Type: Article

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