A symposium on obstetrical ultrasound: Is all this safe for the fetus?

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 188-198

  Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Abramowicz, Jacques S ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic output; bioeffects; mechanical index; pregnancy; safety; teratology; thermal index

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRIC ULTRASOUND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENICITY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRESSURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84857536799     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: 15325520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3182488386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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