Three-dimensional ultrasound evaluation of the placenta

Placenta

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-115

  Hata, T ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Noguchi, J ^b   Hata, K ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D power doppler; 3D ultrasound; Histogram analysis; Placental vascular sonobiopsy; Placental vascularization; Placental volume

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FETUS GROWTH; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 79951514301     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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