Opinion: Three-dimensional power Doppler: Validity and reliability

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 530-533

  Martins, W P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Escola de Ultra sonografia e Reciclagem Medica de Ribeirao Preto EURP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78349290447     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.8836     Document Type: Note

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