Vascularization of the placenta and the sub-placental myometrium: Feasibility and reproducibility of a three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound quantification technique. A pilot study

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-290

  Morel, Olivier ^a,b,e   Grangé, Gilles ^b,c   Fresson, Jeanne ^a   Schaaps, Jean P ^d   Foidart, Jean M ^d   Cabrol, Dominique ^b,c,e   Tsatsaris, Vassilis ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b PremUP Foundation   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Doppler; myometrium; placenta; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FLOW INDEX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYOMETRIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULARIZATION FLOW INDEX; VASCULARIZATION INDEX;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MYOMETRIUM; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 78651437725     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.486845     Document Type: Article

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